The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 172
Slowly the sun declined; And as wayfarers oft when twilight falls Advance with strength renewed, so they, refreshed, Surpassed their deeds at morning.
Who acts: sun, twilight, wayfarers · What happens: decline, fall, renew, refresh, surpass · To what, where: Advance, strength, deeds
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, twilight, wayfarers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 declined | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sun | det |
| 3 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 declined | nsubj |
| 4 | declined | decline | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 oft | punct |
| 6 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 oft | cc |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 oft | mark |
| 8 | wayfarers | wayfarer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 oft | nsubj |
| 9 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 declined | conj |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 falls | mark |
| 11 | twilight | twilight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 falls | nsubj |
| 12 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 oft | advcl |
| 13 | Advance | Advance | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 falls | obj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 strength | case |
| 15 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 falls | obl |
| 16 | renewed | renew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 strength | acl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 refreshed | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 refreshed | advmod |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 refreshed | nsubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 they | punct |
| 21 | refreshed | refresh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 declined | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Surpassed | punct |
| 23 | Surpassed | surpass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 refreshed | conj |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 25 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 Surpassed | obj |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 morning | case |
| 27 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Surpassed | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 declined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decline | past | the sun | slowly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | fall | present | twilight | Advance | with strength | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient advance=Result | |||
| 3 | renew | participle | strength not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | refresh | past | wayfarers = wayfarer | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | surpass | past | wayfarers = wayfarer not said here | wayfarers's deeds | morning | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deed=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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