The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 37

Finobar Unconsciously had dropp’d her jewell’d hand Not far from his: her large and dusky eyes, Shyly at first from his withdrawn, at last Full frankly met them: on her lips the smile Increased, though waveringly, then waned, not died, And in it sadness mingled as she spake: ‘But late yon harper told us of a dream-- My earliest of remembered dreams was sad; I saw some princess of your earlier stock Whose lover late had perished, slain in fight By ours, methought them recent.

Who acts: Finobar, dropp, late yon harper, earliest, I, your · What happens: have, meet, increase, wane, not die, mingle · To what, where: withdrawn, Finobar, large eyes, dropp, last Full, smile · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Finobar, dropp, late yon harper, earliest), 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	Finobar	Finobar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
2	Unconsciously	unconsciously	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dropp	dropp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ’d	nsubj
5	’d	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	ccomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ’d	obj
7	jewell	jewell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	compound
8	’d	'd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ’d	obj
10	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 far	advmod
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 eyes	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	19 eyes	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 eyes	nmod:poss
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 eyes	punct
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 eyes	nmod:poss
16	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 eyes	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dusky	cc
18	dusky	dusky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 large	conj
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ’d	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 withdrawn	punct
21	Shyly	shyly	ADV	_	26 withdrawn	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	26 withdrawn	case
23	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	26 withdrawn	advmod
24	from	from	ADP	_	26 withdrawn	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 withdrawn	nmod:poss
26	withdrawn	withdrawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 met	punct
28	at	at	ADP	_	30 Full	case
29	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 Full	amod
30	Full	Full	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 met	obl
31	frankly	frankly	ADV	_	32 met	advmod
32	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 met	obj
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 lips	punct
35	on	on	ADP	_	37 lips	case
36	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 lips	nmod:poss
37	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 met	obl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 smile	det
39	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 lips	conj
40	Increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 smile	acl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 waned	punct
42	though	though	SCONJ	_	46 waned	mark
43	waveringly	waveringly	ADV	_	46 waned	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 waveringly	punct
45	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 waned	advmod
46	waned	wane	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 Increased	advcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 died	punct
48	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 died	advmod
49	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 waned	parataxis
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 mingled	punct
51	And	and	CCONJ	_	55 mingled	cc
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 sadness	case
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 sadness	nsubj
54	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 mingled	obl
55	mingled	mingle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
56	as	as	ADP	_	58 spake	case
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 spake	compound
58	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 mingled	obl
59	:	:	PUNCT	_	65 told	punct
60	‘	'	PUNCT	_	65 told	punct
61	But	but	CCONJ	_	65 told	cc
62	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 harper	amod
63	yon	yon	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 harper	compound
64	harper	harper	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 told	nsubj
65	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 mingled	conj
66	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 told	iobj
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 dream	case
68	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 dream	det
69	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 told	obl
70	--	--	PUNCT	_	77 sad	punct
71	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	77 sad	nmod:poss
72	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	77 sad	nsubj
73	of	of	ADP	_	75 dreams	case
74	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	75 dreams	amod
75	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 earliest	obl
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 sad	cop
77	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 told	ccomp
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 saw	punct
79	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 saw	nsubj
80	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
81	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	82 princess	det
82	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 saw	obj
83	of	of	ADP	_	86 stock	case
84	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 stock	nmod:poss
85	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	86 stock	amod
86	stock	stock	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 perished	obl
87	Whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	88 lover	nmod:poss
88	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 perished	nsubj:pass
89	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	91 perished	advmod
90	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 perished	aux
91	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	82 princess	acl:relcl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 slain	punct
93	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	91 perished	conj
94	in	in	ADP	_	95 fight	case
95	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 slain	obl
96	By	by	ADP	_	97 ours	case
97	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 slain	obl
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 methought	punct
99	methought	methought	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 saw	conj
100	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 methought	obj
101	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 methought	xcomp
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Finobar			brow's withdrawn		unconsciously property	tree rules
2	have	past	dropp	Finobar		brow's large eyes		jewell ’d hand obj	tree rules
3	meet	past	Finobar not said here	dropp		last Full		on Finobar's lips and the smile; frankly property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent
4	increase	participle		the smile not said here					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	wane	past					then	waveringly property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	not die	participle							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
7	mingle	past				sadness hand		as she spake	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
8	tell speech: assert	past	late yon harper		us			of a dream	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
9	remember	participle							vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
10	is	past	earliest of remembered dreams					My nmod:poss; sad property	tree rules
11	see	past	I	some princess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
12	perish	past · perfect · passive		lover				of your earlier stock; late property	tree rules
13	slay	participle				fight		by ours	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
14	methought	past	I not said here	dropp				recent property	tree rules
15	stock		your						nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 37