The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 7
For two days the ancient friends contend against each other with reluctance and remorse: but on the third day the battle-rage bursts fully forth: and on the fourth, Cuchullain, himself pierced through with wounds innumerable, slays Ferdīa by the Gae-Bulg.
Who acts: ancient friends, friend · What happens: contend, pierce, slay · To what, where: Ferdīa
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 (ancient friends, friend), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 days | nummod |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contend | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 friends | det |
| 5 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friends | amod |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contend | nsubj |
| 7 | contend | contend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 each | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 7 contend | obl |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 each | fixed |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 reluctance | case |
| 12 | reluctance | reluctance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contend | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 remorse | cc |
| 14 | remorse | remorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reluctance | conj |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 forth | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 forth | cc |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 day | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 day | det |
| 19 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 day | amod |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 forth | obl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 bursts | det |
| 22 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 rage | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 battle | punct |
| 24 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 bursts | compound |
| 25 | bursts | burst | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 forth | nsubj |
| 26 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 27 forth | advmod |
| 27 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 7 contend | advmod |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 fourth | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 fourth | cc |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 fourth | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fourth | det |
| 32 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 43 slays | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Cuchullain | punct |
| 34 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 fourth | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 pierced | punct |
| 36 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 pierced | nsubj |
| 37 | pierced | pierce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 fourth | conj |
| 38 | through | through | ADP | _ | 40 wounds | case |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 wounds | case |
| 40 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 pierced | obl |
| 41 | innumerable | innumerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 pierced | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 slays | punct |
| 43 | slays | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 contend | conj |
| 44 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 slays | obj |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 Bulg | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Bulg | det |
| 47 | Gae | Gae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Bulg | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 Gae | punct |
| 49 | Bulg | Bulg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 slays | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 contend | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contend | present | the ancient friends | day | against each; with reluctance and remorse; forth property | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with reluctance=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | pierce | participle | friend | through wounds; innumerable property | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent through wound=Patient | ||||
| 3 | slay | present | the ancient friends not said here | Ferdīa | by the Gae Bulg | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ferdīa=Patient |
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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