The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 81
The queen, as he departed, took his hand: Alone they stood: she spake: ‘That noble scorn Which spurned a bribe, approves a Firbolg’s worth: ’Twas Ailill sent that herald. ’
Who acts: Tearful, queen, eyes, noble scorn, Twas · What happens: depart, take, stand, spurn, approve, send · To what, where: queen, hand, she spake, bribe, worth, herald
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 (Tearful, queen, eyes, noble scorn), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 departed | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 departed | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 departed | nsubj |
| 6 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 queen | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 queen | punct |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hand | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
| 12 | Alone | alone | ADV | _ | 14 stood | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 stood | nsubj |
| 14 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 spake | punct |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 spake | compound |
| 17 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 scorn | punct |
| 19 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 scorn | punct |
| 20 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 scorn | det |
| 21 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 scorn | amod |
| 22 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 spake | appos |
| 23 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 spurned | nsubj |
| 24 | spurned | spurn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 scorn | acl:relcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 bribe | det |
| 26 | bribe | bribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spurned | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 approves | punct |
| 28 | approves | approve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stood | parataxis |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 Firbolg | det |
| 30 | Firbolg | Firbolg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 worth | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Firbolg | case |
| 32 | worth | worth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 approves | obj |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 sent | punct |
| 34 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 Twas | punct |
| 35 | Twas | twa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 sent | nsubj |
| 36 | Ailill | Ailill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 sent | nsubj |
| 37 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 approves | parataxis |
| 38 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 herald | det |
| 39 | herald | herald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 sent | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
| 41 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | past | Tearful | the queen not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme queen=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | take | past | the queen | Tearful's hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | eyes = eye | she spake | alone property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speak=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | spurn | past | that noble scorn | a bribe | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | approve | present | a Firbolg's worth | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Beneficiary | |||||
| 6 | send | past | Twas | that herald | Ailill nsubj | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herald=Theme |
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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