The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 145
Anon she marked In all who met her, change inexplicable, Strange eyes, strange faces, strange embarrassed ways: Sadly compassionate that change in some: In others questioning glance and meaning smile Hinted at things that through her flaming heart Passed like a sword of ice.
Who acts: Anon, that, others · What happens: mark, meet, change, question, hint, pass · To what, where: all, others, anon, inexplicable Strange eyes, some, glance
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 (Anon, that, others), 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 | Anon | Anon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 marked | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 marked | nsubj |
| 3 | marked | mark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 marked | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 met | nsubj |
| 7 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 all | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 met | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 change | punct |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 marked | conj |
| 11 | inexplicable | inexplicable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 eyes | amod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 inexplicable | punct |
| 13 | Strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 eyes | amod |
| 14 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 change | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 faces | punct |
| 16 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 faces | amod |
| 17 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 eyes | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ways | punct |
| 19 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 ways | amod |
| 20 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 ways | amod |
| 21 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 eyes | conj |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 compassionate | punct |
| 23 | Sadly | sadly | ADV | _ | 24 compassionate | advmod |
| 24 | compassionate | compassionate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 ways | amod |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 change | nsubj |
| 26 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 compassionate | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 some | case |
| 28 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 26 change | obl |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 others | punct |
| 30 | In | in | ADP | _ | 31 others | case |
| 31 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 marked | obl |
| 32 | questioning | question | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 others | acl |
| 33 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 questioning | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 smile | cc |
| 35 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 smile | compound |
| 36 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 glance | conj |
| 37 | Hinted | hint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 glance | acl |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 things | case |
| 39 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 Hinted | obl |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 heart | nsubj |
| 41 | through | through | ADP | _ | 44 heart | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 heart | nmod:poss |
| 43 | flaming | flaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 heart | compound |
| 44 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 things | nmod |
| 45 | Passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 heart | acl |
| 46 | like | like | ADP | _ | 48 sword | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 sword | det |
| 48 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Passed | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 ice | case |
| 50 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 sword | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 marked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | past | Anon | all | others | anon nsubj | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent all=Theme in other=Destination | ||
| 2 | meet | past | anon | who nsubj | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | change | infinitive | Anon not said here | inexplicable Strange eyes and strange faces and strange embarrassed ways | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 4 | change | present | that | some | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | question speech: other | gerund | others not said here | glance and meaning smile | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glance=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | hint speech: other | participle | glance and meaning smile not said here | things through anon's flaming heart that | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | pass | participle | anon's flaming heart that not said here | like a sword of ice | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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