The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 26

Then hastened Leagh To where those giant coursers, side by side, Stood tethered mid green grass and meadow-sweet Within a lawn; and led them to a stream, And bade them drink; and later led them home; And placed their corn before them, and they ate: Next spake he; ‘Horses ye; and yet ye know To eat at need, while men self-sentenced starve!’

Who acts: coursers, ye, men · What happens: hasten, stand, tether, lead, drink, place · To what, where: Leagh, green grass, coursers, stream, bade, corn

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 (coursers, ye, men), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 hastened	advmod
2	hastened	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Leagh	Leagh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hastened	obj
4	To	to	ADP	_	5 where	case
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 hastened	advmod
6	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 coursers	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 coursers	amod
8	coursers	courser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 where	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 side	punct
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coursers	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 side	case
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 side	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Stood	punct
14	Stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	conj
15	tethered	tether	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 Stood	xcomp
16	mid	mid	X	_	17 green	advmod
17	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 grass	amod
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tethered	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 sweet	cc
20	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sweet	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 meadow	punct
22	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 grass	conj
23	Within	within	ADP	_	25 lawn	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 lawn	det
25	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sweet	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 led	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 led	cc
28	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	conj
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 led	obj
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 stream	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 stream	det
32	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 led	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 bade	punct
34	And	and	CCONJ	_	35 bade	cc
35	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 led	obl
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 drink	nsubj
37	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 bade	acl:relcl
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 led	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 led	cc
40	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	41 led	advmod
41	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	conj
42	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 led	obj
43	home	home	ADV	_	41 led	advmod
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 placed	punct
45	And	and	CCONJ	_	46 placed	cc
46	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	parataxis
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 corn	nmod:poss
48	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 placed	obj
49	before	before	ADP	_	50 them	case
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 placed	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 ate	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 ate	cc
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 ate	nsubj
54	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 placed	conj
55	:	:	PUNCT	_	57 spake	punct
56	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 spake	amod
57	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 ate	obj
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 ate	nsubj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 ye	punct
60	‘	'	PUNCT	_	61 Horses	punct
61	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 ye	nsubj
62	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 hastened	obl
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 know	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 know	cc
65	yet	yet	ADV	_	67 know	advmod
66	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	67 know	nsubj
67	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hastened	parataxis
68	To	to	PART	_	69 eat	mark
69	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 know	xcomp
70	at	at	ADP	_	71 need	case
71	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 eat	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 starve	punct
73	while	while	SCONJ	_	78 starve	mark
74	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 starve	nsubj
75	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 sentenced	compound
76	-	-	PUNCT	_	75 self	punct
77	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	78 starve	amod
78	starve	starve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hastened	parataxis
79	!	!	PUNCT	_	78 starve	punct
80	’	'	PUNCT	_	78 starve	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hasten	past		Leagh		then	ye Horses obl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leagh=Patient
2	stand	past						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	tether	participle		green grass				vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	lead	past		coursers = courser	a stream		bade obl	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to stream=Destination
5	drink	present	coursers = courser	bade not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bade=Patient
6	lead	past		coursers = courser			home, late property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7	place	past		coursers's corn		before coursers = courser		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent corn=Theme before they=Destination
8	eat	past	coursers = courser	Next spake			Ferdīa nsubj	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Patient
9	know	present	ye			yet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	eat	to-infinitive	ye not said here		need			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	sentence	participle					self compound	tree rules
12	starve		men					tree rules

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 26