The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 114

In wonder Meave Noted the weary lids, the vanishing bloom, The abrupt accost, though haught yet unassured; The movements to mechanic changed, the mind Still strong, yet widowed of its flexile strength; These things she saw; their cause she ne’er divined: Love for the living Meave could understand: For her the dead was dead.

Who acts: Meave, movements, things, cause · What happens: note, vanish, change, widow, see, divine · To what, where: weary lids, wonder, mind, Love

This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Meave, movements, things, cause), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 wonder	case
2	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Noted	obl
3	Meave	Meave	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Noted	nsubj
4	Noted	note	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lids	det
6	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lids	amod
7	lids	lid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Noted	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bloom	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bloom	det
10	vanishing	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 bloom	amod
11	bloom	bloom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lids	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 accost	punct
13	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 accost	det
14	abrupt	abrupt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 accost	amod
15	accost	accost	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bloom	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 unassured	punct
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 unassured	mark
18	haught	haught	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 unassured	nsubj
19	yet	yet	ADV	_	20 unassured	advmod
20	unassured	unassured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Noted	conj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 changed	punct
22	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 movements	det
23	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 changed	nsubj
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 mechanic	case
25	mechanic	mechanic	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 movements	nmod
26	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Noted	parataxis
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 mind	punct
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 mind	det
29	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 changed	obj
30	Still	still	ADV	_	31 strong	advmod
31	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 mind	amod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 widowed	punct
33	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	34 widowed	cc
34	widowed	widow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 changed	conj
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 strength	case
36	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 strength	nmod:poss
37	flexile	flexile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 strength	amod
38	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 widowed	obl
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 saw	punct
40	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	41 things	det
41	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 saw	nsubj
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 saw	nsubj
43	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Noted	conj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 divined	punct
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 cause	nmod:poss
46	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 divined	nsubj
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 divined	nsubj
48	ne’er	ne'er	ADV	_	49 divined	advmod
49	divined	divine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Noted	conj
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	51 Love	punct
51	Love	Love	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 divined	obj
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 living	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 living	det
54	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 divined	obl
55	Meave	Meave	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 understand	nsubj
56	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 understand	aux
57	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 divined	parataxis
58	:	:	PUNCT	_	64 dead	punct
59	For	for	ADP	_	60 her	case
60	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 dead	nsubj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 dead	det
62	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 her	amod
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 dead	cop
64	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 understand	conj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Noted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	note	past	Meave	the weary lids	wonder		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lid=Topic
2	vanish	gerund					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	change	past	the movements to mechanic	the mind			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
4	widow	participle	the movements to mechanic not said here			of haught's flexile strength	vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	see	past	this things			Meave nsubj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	divine	past	things's cause	Love		for the living; ne'er property	tree rules
7	understand	could	Meave				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	is	past	Meave			dead property	tree rules
9	cause		things = thing				nom cause «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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 114