The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 193
Then ran Cuchullain to that great one dead, And raised him in his arms, and laid him down Beside the Ford, but on its northern bank, Not in that realm by Ailill swayed and Meave: Long time he looked the dead man in the face; Then by him fell in swoon.
Who acts: Cuchullain · What happens: run, raise, lay down, sway, look, fall · To what, where: Cuchullain, great one, arms, Ford, Meave, northern bank
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 (Cuchullain), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 ran | advmod |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 one | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 raised | punct |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 raised | cc |
| 11 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 raised | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 arms | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 arms | nmod:poss |
| 15 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 raised | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 laid | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 laid | cc |
| 18 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 laid | obj |
| 20 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 laid | compound:prt |
| 21 | Beside | beside | ADP | _ | 23 Ford | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Ford | det |
| 23 | Ford | Ford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 laid | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 swayed | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 swayed | cc |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 bank | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 bank | nmod:poss |
| 28 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 bank | amod |
| 29 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 swayed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 realm | punct |
| 31 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 realm | advmod |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 realm | case |
| 33 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 realm | det |
| 34 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bank | conj |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 Ailill | case |
| 36 | Ailill | Ailill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 realm | nmod |
| 37 | swayed | sway | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 Meave | cc |
| 39 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 swayed | obj |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 looked | punct |
| 41 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 time | amod |
| 42 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 looked | obl:unmarked |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 looked | nsubj |
| 44 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 Meave | acl:relcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 man | det |
| 46 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 man | amod |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 looked | obj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 face | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 face | det |
| 50 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 man | nmod |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 fell | punct |
| 52 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 55 fell | advmod |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 fell | obl |
| 55 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 swoon | case |
| 57 | swoon | swoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 fell | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | Cuchullain | that great one | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cuchullain=Theme to one=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | raise | past | Cuchullain | Cuchullain's arms | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in arm=Destination | ||||
| 3 | lay down | past | Cuchullain | the Ford | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme beside ford=Destination | ||||
| 4 | sway | past | Meave | FORD's northern bank and that realm by Ailill | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | look | past | Cuchullain | the dead man | the face | time | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Attribute | ||
| 6 | fall | past | swoon | then | by Cuchullain | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by he=Location |
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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