The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 163

But many a century later Uladh’s sons Rose up and said; ‘Great scorn it is and wrong Yon stranger’s grave should gaze on Eman’s towers:’ Then bore they forth those relics once so fair With funeral rites revered and Pagan dirge, And laid them by the loud-resounding sea, And o’er them raised a cairn: and, age on age, As sighed the sea-wind past it shepherds said ‘It whispers soft that sad word, Finobar!’

Who acts: sons, battle, Great scorn, scorn, As · What happens: rise up, say, be, gaze, bear, revere · To what, where: grave, scorn, cairn, age · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (sons, battle, Great scorn, scorn), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 Rose	cc
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 century	amod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 century	det
4	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 later	obl:unmarked
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 Rose	advmod
6	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sons	nmod:poss
7	’s	's	PART	_	6 Uladh	case
8	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Rose	nsubj
9	Rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 Rose	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Rose	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 gaze	punct
14	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 scorn	punct
15	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 scorn	amod
16	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 gaze	nsubj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 grave	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 grave	cop
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 grave	cc
20	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 stranger	amod
21	Yon	Yon	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 stranger	compound
22	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 grave	nmod:poss
23	’s	's	PART	_	22 stranger	case
24	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 scorn	acl:relcl
25	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 gaze	aux
26	gaze	gaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 Rose	conj
27	on	on	ADP	_	30 towers	case
28	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 towers	nmod:poss
29	’s	's	PART	_	28 Eman	case
30	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 gaze	obl
31	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 bore	punct
32	’	'	PUNCT	_	34 bore	punct
33	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 bore	advmod
34	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Rose	conj
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 bore	nsubj
36	forth	forth	ADV	_	38 relics	advmod
37	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	38 relics	det
38	relics	relic	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 they	nmod
39	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	41 fair	advmod
40	so	so	ADV	_	41 fair	advmod
41	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 bore	advcl
42	With	with	ADP	_	44 rites	case
43	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 rites	compound
44	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 fair	obl
45	revered	revere	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 fair	csubj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 dirge	cc
47	Pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 dirge	amod
48	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 revered	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 laid	punct
50	And	and	CCONJ	_	51 laid	cc
51	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 bore	conj
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 laid	obj
53	by	by	ADP	_	58 sea	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 sea	det
55	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 sea	amod
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 loud	punct
57	resounding	resounding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 sea	amod
58	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 laid	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 o’er	punct
60	And	and	CCONJ	_	61 o’er	cc
61	o’er	o'	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 Rose	conj
62	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 raised	nsubj
63	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 o’er	parataxis
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 cairn	det
65	cairn	cairn	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 raised	obj
66	:	:	PUNCT	_	74 sighed	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 sighed	cc
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 age	punct
69	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 sighed	obl
70	on	on	ADP	_	71 age	case
71	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 age	nmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 age	punct
73	As	As	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 sighed	nsubj
74	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Rose	conj
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 wind	det
76	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 wind	compound
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 sea	punct
78	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 sighed	obj
79	past	past	ADP	_	81 shepherds	mark
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 shepherds	nsubj
81	shepherds	shepherd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	74 sighed	advcl
82	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	81 shepherds	ccomp
83	‘	‘	SCONJ	_	85 whispers	mark
84	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 whispers	nsubj
85	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 said	ccomp
86	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 whispers	xcomp
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	89 word	mark
88	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 word	amod
89	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 soft	conj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 Finobar	punct
91	Finobar	Finobar	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 word	appos
92	!	!	PUNCT	_	91 Finobar	punct
93	’	'	PUNCT	_	81 shepherds	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	Uladh's sons			late property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Uladh's sons not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	battle	wrong Yon stranger's grave		wrong Yon stranger nmod:poss	tree rules
4	gaze	should	Great scorn			on Eman's towers	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tower=Theme
5	bear	past	scorn		then		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	revere	past				Pagan dirge conj	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
7	lay	past	scorn not said here	scorn		by the loud resounding sea	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme by sea=Destination
8	raise	past	sons = son	a cairn			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cairn=Theme
9	sigh	past	As	age on age		the sea wind obj	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Topic
10	shepherd	present	battle				tree rules
11	say speech: assert	participle	battle not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	whisper speech: assert	present	battle			soft property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 163