The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 129
Once more with skill Plastic as wind in woods, a measured strength Varying as minstrel’s hand that grazes now Now sweeps the tenderer or the deeper strings, To all the passions of the heart of man Glory, Ambition, Love, Revenge, she tuned The modulations of her passionate strain; While half the richness theirs aforetime throbbed Again in those sad accents, half their light-- For oft from out the present shines a past Long dead--returned to eyes that, seen of none, Had wept away their splendours.
Who acts: measured strength, hand, Rochad, modulations, eyes · What happens: measure, vary, graze, sweep, tune, richness · To what, where: tenderer, passions, modulations, sad accents, present, splendours
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 (measured strength, hand, Rochad, modulations), 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 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 Plastic | advmod |
| 2 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 Plastic | advmod |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 skill | case |
| 4 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 more | obl |
| 5 | Plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 wind | case |
| 7 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sweeps | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 woods | case |
| 9 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wind | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 strength | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 strength | det |
| 12 | measured | measure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 strength | amod |
| 13 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sweeps | nsubj |
| 14 | Varying | vary | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 strength | acl |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 hand | case |
| 16 | minstrel | minstrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 hand | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 16 minstrel | case |
| 18 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Varying | obl |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 grazes | nsubj |
| 20 | grazes | graze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 hand | acl:relcl |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 grazes | advmod |
| 22 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 sweeps | advmod |
| 23 | sweeps | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Plastic | parataxis |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 tenderer | det |
| 25 | tenderer | tenderer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sweeps | obj |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 strings | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 strings | det |
| 28 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 strings | amod |
| 29 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 tenderer | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 passions | punct |
| 31 | To | to | ADP | _ | 34 passions | case |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 passions | det:predet |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 passions | det |
| 34 | passions | passion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sweeps | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 heart | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 heart | det |
| 37 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 passions | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Glory | case |
| 39 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 Glory | compound |
| 40 | Glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 heart | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Ambition | punct |
| 42 | Ambition | ambition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 heart | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Love | punct |
| 44 | Love | Love | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 passions | appos |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Revenge | punct |
| 46 | Revenge | Revenge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Love | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 tuned | punct |
| 48 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 tuned | nsubj |
| 49 | tuned | tune | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Plastic | parataxis |
| 50 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 modulations | det |
| 51 | modulations | modulation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 tuned | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 strain | case |
| 53 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 strain | nmod:poss |
| 54 | passionate | passionate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 strain | amod |
| 55 | strain | strain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 modulations | nmod |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 throbbed | punct |
| 57 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 63 throbbed | mark |
| 58 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 60 richness | det:predet |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 richness | det |
| 60 | richness | richness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 throbbed | obl |
| 61 | theirs | their | PRON | Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 richness | nsubj |
| 62 | aforetime | aforetime | ADV | _ | 63 throbbed | advmod |
| 63 | throbbed | throb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 tuned | conj |
| 64 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 63 throbbed | advmod |
| 65 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 accents | case |
| 66 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 68 accents | det |
| 67 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 accents | amod |
| 68 | accents | accent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 throbbed | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 light | punct |
| 70 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 72 light | det:predet |
| 71 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 light | nmod:poss |
| 72 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 accents | conj |
| 73 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 75 oft | punct |
| 74 | For | for | ADP | _ | 75 oft | case |
| 75 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 throbbed | parataxis |
| 76 | from | from | ADP | _ | 79 present | case |
| 77 | out | out | ADP | _ | 79 present | case |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 present | det |
| 79 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 shines | obl |
| 80 | shines | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 75 oft | parataxis |
| 81 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 83 Long | det |
| 82 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 83 Long | amod |
| 83 | Long | Long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 84 dead | nsubj |
| 84 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 shines | ccomp |
| 85 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 86 returned | punct |
| 86 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 84 dead | conj |
| 87 | to | to | ADP | _ | 88 eyes | case |
| 88 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 86 returned | obl |
| 89 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 91 seen | nsubj |
| 90 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 91 seen | punct |
| 91 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 88 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 92 | of | of | ADP | _ | 93 none | case |
| 93 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 91 seen | obl |
| 94 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 wept | punct |
| 95 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 96 wept | aux |
| 96 | wept | weep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 tuned | conj |
| 97 | away | away | ADV | _ | 96 wept | advmod |
| 98 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 99 splendours | nmod:poss |
| 99 | splendours | splendour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 96 wept | obj |
| 100 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Plastic | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | participle | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | vary | gerund | a measured strength not said here | as minstrel's hand | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | graze | present | minstrel's hand | now | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | sweep | present | a measured strength | the tenderer or the deeper strings | all passions of the heart of man Glory and Ambition | now | as wind in woods | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tenderer=Theme to passion=Trajectory | |
| 5 | tune | past | Rochad | the modulations of Rochad's passionate strain | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | richness | modulations = modulation | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | throb | past | Rochad not said here | that sad accents and modulations's light | again | aforetime property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in accent=Location | ||
| 8 | shine | present | the present | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | return | participle | to eyes result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to eye=Result | |||||
| 10 | see | participle | eyes | of none | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 11 | weep away | past · perfect | Rochad not said here | modulations's splendours | away property | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent splendour=Theme | |||
| 13 | modulate | Rochad's passionate strain | nom modulation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 14 | strain | Rochad | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 15 | light | modulations = modulation | nom light «phenomenon 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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