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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 154

Three hours ere her death Thus to her mother spake that sentenced one; ‘Noise it among the host that grief for those Her countrymen--the Gael--who, near the Ford-- Ere yet that Firbolg shared the common fate, Fell by Cuchullain, snapped her thread of life.

Who acts: Three hours, mother spake, Firbolg, host, tent · What happens: ere, sentence, noise, share, snap, die · To what, where: death, one, spake, common fate, thread

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 (Three hours, mother spake, Firbolg, host), 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

nummodnsubjnmod:possobjadvmodcasenmod:posscompoundoblnsubjacl:relclobjpunctpunctconjobjcasedetobldetapposcasedetnmod:possnmodpunctdetappospunctnsubjpunctcasedetnmodpunctconjadvmodmarknsubjadvcldetamodobjpunctapposcasenmodpunctacl:relclnmod:possobjcasenmodpunctrootThreeNUMhoursNOUNereVERBherPRONdeathNOUNThusADVtoADPherPRONmotherNOUNspakeNOUNthatPRONsentencedVERBoneNUM;PUNCT‘PUNCTNoiseVERBitPRONamongADPtheDEThostNOUNthatPRONgriefNOUNforADPthoseDETHerPRONcountrymenNOUN--PUNCTtheDETGaelPROPN--PUNCTwhoPRON,PUNCTnearADPtheDETFordPROPN--PUNCTErePROPNyetADVthatSCONJFirbolgPROPNsharedVERBtheDETcommonADJfateNOUN,PUNCTFellPROPNbyADPCuchullainPROPN,PUNCTsnappedVERBherPRONthreadNOUNofADPlifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThreethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 hoursnummod
2hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur3 erensubj
3ereereVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 deathnmod:poss
5deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing3 ereobj
6ThusthusADV_10 spakeadvmod
7totoADP_10 spakecase
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 spakenmod:poss
9mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing10 spakecompound
10spakespeakNOUNNumber=Sing3 ereobl
11thatthatPRONPronType=Rel12 sentencednsubj
12sentencedsentenceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 spakeacl:relcl
13oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 sentencedobj
14;;PUNCT_16 Noisepunct
15‘'PUNCT_16 Noisepunct
16NoisenoiseVERBVerbForm=Inf3 ereconj
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 Noiseobj
18amongamongADP_20 hostcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 hostdet
20hosthostNOUNNumber=Sing16 Noiseobl
21thatthatPRONPronType=Rel22 griefdet
22griefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing20 hostappos
23forforADP_26 countrymencase
24thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem26 countrymendet
25HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 countrymennmod:poss
26countrymencountrymanNOUNNumber=Plur22 griefnmod
27----PUNCT_29 Gaelpunct
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Gaeldet
29GaelGaelPROPNNumber=Sing20 hostappos
30----PUNCT_50 snappedpunct
31whowhoPRONPronType=Rel50 snappednsubj
32,,PUNCT_31 whopunct
33nearnearADP_35 Fordcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Forddet
35FordFordPROPNNumber=Sing31 whonmod
36----PUNCT_37 Erepunct
37EreErePROPNNumber=Sing35 Fordconj
38yetyetADV_31 whoadvmod
39thatthatSCONJ_41 sharedmark
40FirbolgFirbolgPROPNNumber=Sing41 sharednsubj
41sharedshareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 whoadvcl
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 fatedet
43commoncommonADJDegree=Pos44 fateamod
44fatefateNOUNNumber=Sing41 sharedobj
45,,PUNCT_46 Fellpunct
46FellFellPROPNNumber=Sing44 fateappos
47bybyADP_48 Cuchullaincase
48CuchullainCuchullainPROPNNumber=Sing46 Fellnmod
49,,PUNCT_31 whopunct
50snappedsnapVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 hostacl:relcl
51herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 threadnmod:poss
52threadthreadNOUNNumber=Sing50 snappedobj
53ofofADP_54 lifecase
54lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing52 threadnmod
55..PUNCT_3 erepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1erepastThree hourstent's deathto tent's mother spaketree rules
2sentencepasttent's mother spakeonetree rules
3noiseinfinitiveThree hours not said herespake = speakamong the hosttree rules
4sharepastFirbolgthe common fatetree rules
5snappastthe hosttent's thread of lifevn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thread=Theme
6dietentnom death «event intransitive»: 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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