The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 73
Again, that hour, he saw those guileless eyes, Blue as the seas they gazed on; saw once more That hair like winter sunshine, brow snow-white, That unvoluptuous form and virginal, That love-unwakened breast with love for all, Those hands that knew not what their touch conferred, Those blithesome, wave-washed, scarce divided feet:-- The huge cliff smiled upon her; seemed to say, ‘Ah little nursling mine!
Who acts: Cuchullain, eyes, hands, huge cliff · What happens: see, gaze on, unwaken, not know, confer, wash · To what, where: guileless eyes, seas, hair, touch, little nursling · 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 (Cuchullain, eyes, hands, huge cliff), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 hour | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Again | punct |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 hour | det |
| 4 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hour | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 eyes | det |
| 9 | guileless | guileless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 eyes | amod |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saw | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Blue | punct |
| 12 | Blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 eyes | amod |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 seas | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 seas | det |
| 15 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Blue | obl |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gazed | nsubj |
| 17 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 seas | acl:relcl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 gazed | compound:prt |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 saw | punct |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 21 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 22 more | advmod |
| 22 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 hair | advmod |
| 23 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 hair | det |
| 24 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saw | obj |
| 25 | like | like | ADP | _ | 27 sunshine | case |
| 26 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sunshine | compound |
| 27 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 hair | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 brow | punct |
| 29 | brow | brow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 hair | conj |
| 30 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 white | obl |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 snow | punct |
| 32 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 brow | amod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 form | punct |
| 34 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 form | det |
| 35 | unvoluptuous | unvoluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 form | amod |
| 36 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 brow | appos |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 virginal | cc |
| 38 | virginal | virginal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 form | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 breast | punct |
| 40 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 breast | det |
| 41 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 unwakened | compound |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 love | punct |
| 43 | unwakened | unwaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 breast | amod |
| 44 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 form | conj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 love | case |
| 46 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 breast | nmod |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 all | case |
| 48 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 breast | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 hands | punct |
| 50 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 51 hands | det |
| 51 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 brow | appos |
| 52 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 knew | nsubj |
| 53 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 hands | acl:relcl |
| 54 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 knew | advmod |
| 55 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 53 knew | ccomp |
| 56 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 touch | nmod:poss |
| 57 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 what | nsubj |
| 58 | conferred | confer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 touch | acl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 Those | punct |
| 60 | Those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 57 touch | nmod |
| 61 | blithesome | blithesome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 Those | amod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 washed | punct |
| 63 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 washed | compound |
| 64 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 63 wave | punct |
| 65 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 blithesome | parataxis |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 feet | punct |
| 67 | scarce | scarce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 feet | amod |
| 68 | divided | divide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 69 feet | amod |
| 69 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 washed | conj |
| 70 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 75 smiled | punct |
| 71 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 75 smiled | punct |
| 72 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 cliff | det |
| 73 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 cliff | amod |
| 74 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 smiled | nsubj |
| 75 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 feet | parataxis |
| 76 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 77 her | case |
| 77 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 smiled | obl |
| 78 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 79 seemed | punct |
| 79 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 75 smiled | conj |
| 80 | to | to | PART | _ | 81 say | mark |
| 81 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 79 seemed | xcomp |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 nursling | punct |
| 83 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 86 nursling | punct |
| 84 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 85 little | discourse |
| 85 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 nursling | amod |
| 86 | nursling | nursling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 say | obj |
| 87 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 86 nursling | nmod:unmarked |
| 88 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cuchullain | that guileless eyes | hour | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | gaze on | past | eyes = eye | the seas not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | past | Cuchullain not said here | that hair and brow | like winter sunshine | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | unwaken | participle | love compound | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | not know | past | that hands | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | confer | participle | eyes's touch Those not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | wash | participle | wave compound; scarce divided feet conj | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | divide | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 9 | smile | past | the huge cliff | upon touch | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | seem | past | the huge cliff not said here | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 11 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the huge cliff not said here | little nursling mine | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nursling=Topic | ||||
| 12 | touch | eyes = eye | nom touch «event 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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