The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 92
Morn the while Was dawning, though nor glowing cheek she raised Nor ardent eyes, with silver wand not gold Striking the unkindling portals of the East; And, ere the sun had risen, Ferdīa bathed Three times his forehead in the frosty stream; And bade attend his charioteer; and drave Begirt by stateliest equipage of war Down to the river’s brim.
Who acts: you, while, Firbolg, gold, sun, Ferdīa · What happens: morn, dawn, glow, raise, strike, ere · To what, where: cheek, Nor ardent eyes, unkindling portals, forehead, frosty stream, charioteer
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 (you, while, Firbolg, gold), 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 | Morn | morn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 while | det |
| 3 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dawning | nsubj |
| 4 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dawning | aux |
| 5 | dawning | dawn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Morn | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 glowing | punct |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 9 glowing | mark |
| 8 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 glowing | cc |
| 9 | glowing | glow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Morn | advcl |
| 10 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 glowing | obj |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 raised | nsubj |
| 12 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cheek | acl:relcl |
| 13 | Nor | nor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 eyes | amod |
| 14 | ardent | ardent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 eyes | amod |
| 15 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 raised | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 wand | punct |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 wand | case |
| 18 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 wand | amod |
| 19 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 eyes | nmod |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 gold | advmod |
| 21 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 wand | conj |
| 22 | Striking | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 gold | acl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 portals | det |
| 24 | unkindling | unkindling | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 portals | amod |
| 25 | portals | portal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 Striking | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 East | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 East | det |
| 28 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 portals | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 ere | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 ere | cc |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 And | punct |
| 32 | ere | ere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Morn | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 sun | det |
| 34 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 risen | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 risen | aux |
| 36 | risen | rise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 ere | ccomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 bathed | punct |
| 38 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 bathed | nsubj |
| 39 | bathed | bath | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 ere | conj |
| 40 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 times | nummod |
| 41 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 bathed | obl:unmarked |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 43 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 bathed | obj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 stream | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 stream | det |
| 46 | frosty | frosty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 stream | amod |
| 47 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 bathed | obl |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 attend | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 bade | cc |
| 50 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 attend | nsubj |
| 51 | attend | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Morn | conj |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 charioteer | nmod:poss |
| 53 | charioteer | charioteer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 attend | obj |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 drave | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 drave | cc |
| 56 | drave | drave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Morn | conj |
| 57 | Begirt | Begirt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 drave | obj |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 60 equipage | case |
| 59 | stateliest | stately | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 60 equipage | amod |
| 60 | equipage | equipage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 drave | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 war | case |
| 62 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 equipage | nmod |
| 63 | Down | down | ADV | _ | 68 brim | advmod |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 68 brim | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 river | det |
| 66 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 brim | nmod:poss |
| 67 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 66 river | case |
| 68 | brim | brim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 drave | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Morn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | morn | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | dawn | past · progressive | the while | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | glow | gerund | you not said here | cheek | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme | ||||
| 4 | raise | past | Firbolg | Nor ardent eyes | with silver wand and gold | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with wand=Instrument | |||
| 5 | strike | gerund | gold not said here | the unkindling portals of the East | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portal=Patient | ||||
| 6 | ere | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | rise | past · perfect | the sun | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | bath | past | Ferdīa | Ferdīa's forehead | the frosty stream | time | tree rules | ||
| 9 | attend | present | bade | Ferdīa's charioteer | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme charioteer=Goal | ||||
| 10 | drave | infinitive | you not said here | Begirt | by stateliest equipage of war; to the river's brim | tree rules |
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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