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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 179

While raged that fight Cuchullain’s stature rose, huge bulk, immense, Ascending still: as high Ferdīa towered Like Fomor old, or Nemed from the sea, Those shields, their covering late from foot to helm, Shrinking, so seemed it, till above them beamed Shoulders and heads.

Who acts: stature, that, high Ferdīa, feet · What happens: rage, fight, rise, ascend, tower, helm · To what, where: huge bulk, Nemed, stature, Shoulders

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 (stature, that, high Ferdīa, feet), 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

markadvclnsubjccompnmod:posscasensubjpunctamodoblpunctamodpunctadvcladvmodpunctmarkamodnsubjconjcaseoblxcomppunctccoblcasedetnmodpunctdetappospunctnmod:possapposadvmodcaseapposmarkaclpunctadvclpunctadvmodparataxisobjpunctmarkmarknsubjconjobjccconjpunctrootWhileSCONJragedVERBthatPRONfightVERBCuchullainPROPN’sPARTstatureNOUNroseVERB,PUNCThugeADJbulkNOUN,PUNCTimmenseADJ,PUNCTAscendingVERBstillADV:PUNCTasSCONJhighADJFerdīaPROPNtoweredVERBLikeADPFomorPROPNoldADJ,PUNCTorCCONJNemedPROPNfromADPtheDETseaNOUN,PUNCTThoseDETshieldsNOUN,PUNCTtheirPRONcoveringNOUNlateADVfromADPfootNOUNtoPARThelmVERB,PUNCTShrinkingVERB,PUNCTsoADVseemedVERBitPRON,PUNCTtillSCONJaboveADPthemPRONbeamedVERBShouldersNOUNandCCONJheadsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhilewhileSCONJ_2 ragedmark
2ragedrageVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 roseadvcl
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 fightnsubj
4fightfightVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 ragedccomp
5CuchullainCuchullainPROPNNumber=Sing7 staturenmod:poss
6’s'sPART_5 Cuchullaincase
7staturestatureNOUNNumber=Sing8 rosensubj
8roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9,,PUNCT_11 bulkpunct
10hugehugeADJDegree=Pos11 bulkamod
11bulkbulkNOUNNumber=Sing8 roseobl
12,,PUNCT_13 immensepunct
13immenseimmenseADJDegree=Pos11 bulkamod
14,,PUNCT_15 Ascendingpunct
15AscendingascendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 roseadvcl
16stillstillADV_15 Ascendingadvmod
17::PUNCT_21 toweredpunct
18asasSCONJ_21 toweredmark
19highhighADJDegree=Pos20 Ferdīaamod
20FerdīaFerdīaPROPNNumber=Sing21 towerednsubj
21toweredtowerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 roseconj
22LikelikeADP_23 Fomorcase
23FomorFomorPROPNNumber=Sing21 toweredobl
24oldoldADJDegree=Pos21 toweredxcomp
25,,PUNCT_27 Nemedpunct
26ororCCONJ_27 Nemedcc
27NemedNemedPROPNNumber=Sing21 toweredobl
28fromfromADP_30 seacase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 seadet
30seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing27 Nemednmod
31,,PUNCT_33 shieldspunct
32ThosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem33 shieldsdet
33shieldsshieldNOUNNumber=Plur27 Nemedappos
34,,PUNCT_36 coveringpunct
35theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 coveringnmod:poss
36coveringcoveringNOUNNumber=Sing27 Nemedappos
37latelateADVDegree=Pos39 footadvmod
38fromfromADP_39 footcase
39footfootNOUNNumber=Sing36 coveringappos
40totoPART_41 helmmark
41helmhelmVERBVerbForm=Inf39 footacl
42,,PUNCT_43 Shrinkingpunct
43ShrinkingshrinkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part41 helmadvcl
44,,PUNCT_46 seemedpunct
45sosoADV_46 seemedadvmod
46seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 toweredparataxis
47ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 seemedobj
48,,PUNCT_52 beamedpunct
49tilltillSCONJ_52 beamedmark
50aboveaboveADP_52 beamedmark
51themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs52 beamednsubj
52beamedbeamVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 seemedconj
53ShouldersshoulderNOUNNumber=Plur52 beamedobj
54andandCCONJ_55 headscc
55headsheadNOUNNumber=Plur53 Shouldersconj
56..PUNCT_8 rosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rageparticipleCuchullain's stature not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2fightpresentthatvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3risepastCuchullain's staturehuge bulkvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4ascendgerundCuchullain's stature not said herestillvn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5towerpasthigh FerdīaNemed from the sealike Fomor; old propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6helmto-infinitivehigh Ferdīa not said heretree rules
7shrinkgerundhigh Ferdīa not said herevn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8seempaststaturevn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
9beampastfeet = footShoulders and headsvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoulder=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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