The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 38
At her feet-- Why there I scarcely know--I made lament: “All thou hast lost for thy sake I renounce: For me, like thee, no bridal rites forever!
Who acts: I, late yon harper · What happens: know, make, lose, renounce · To what, where: lament, feet, All, sake
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 (I, late yon harper), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 feet | case |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 feet | nmod:poss |
| 3 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 made | obl |
| 4 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 5 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 know | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 know | expl |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 know | nsubj |
| 8 | scarcely | scarcely | ADV | _ | 9 know | advmod |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | advcl |
| 10 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 9 know | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 made | nsubj |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | lament | lament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 lost | punct |
| 16 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 All | nmod |
| 18 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 lost | aux:pass |
| 19 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 made | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 sake | case |
| 21 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 sake | nmod:poss |
| 22 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lost | obl |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 renounce | nsubj |
| 24 | renounce | renounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 sake | acl:relcl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 me | punct |
| 26 | For | for | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 lost | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 thee | punct |
| 29 | like | like | ADP | _ | 30 thee | case |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 lost | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 rites | punct |
| 32 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 rites | det |
| 33 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 rites | amod |
| 34 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 made | obl |
| 35 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 34 rites | advmod |
| 36 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | I | there | scarcely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | make | past | I | lament | Finobar's feet | no bridal rites obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lament=Product | ||
| 3 | lose in a quote | present · passive | All thou | for thy sake; for late yon harper = harper; like thee | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | renounce in a quote | present | late yon harper = harper | thy sake not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sake=Source |
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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