The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 38
Meave, to calm his wrath, Albeit debate she scorned, a council called And made demand, ‘To Eman speed we, Kings, With central wound striking at Uladh’s heart, Or wind, as now, at random through the realm, With havoc huge, and plunder?’
Who acts: Meave, central wound · What happens: calm, scorn, call, make, strike · To what, where: wrath, debate, council, demand, wind · 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 (Meave, central wound), 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 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 calm | mark |
| 4 | calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wrath | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 debate | punct |
| 8 | Albeit | albeit | ADP | _ | 9 debate | case |
| 9 | debate | debate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | obl |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 scorned | nsubj |
| 11 | scorned | scorn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 debate | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 council | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 council | det |
| 14 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 debate | conj |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 council | acl |
| 16 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 made | cc |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 called | conj |
| 18 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wound | punct |
| 20 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 wound | punct |
| 21 | To | to | ADP | _ | 23 speed | case |
| 22 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 speed | compound |
| 23 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 wound | obl |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 wound | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Kings | punct |
| 26 | Kings | Kings | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 we | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wound | punct |
| 28 | With | with | ADP | _ | 30 wound | case |
| 29 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 wound | amod |
| 30 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | parataxis |
| 31 | striking | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 wound | acl |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 heart | case |
| 33 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 heart | nmod:poss |
| 34 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 33 Uladh | case |
| 35 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 striking | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 wind | punct |
| 37 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 wind | cc |
| 38 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 striking | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 now | punct |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 now | case |
| 41 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 calm | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 random | punct |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 random | case |
| 44 | random | random | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | parataxis |
| 45 | through | through | ADP | _ | 47 realm | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 realm | det |
| 47 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 random | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 havoc | punct |
| 49 | With | with | ADP | _ | 50 havoc | case |
| 50 | havoc | havoc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 random | conj |
| 51 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 havoc | amod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 plunder | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 plunder | cc |
| 54 | plunder | plunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 random | conj |
| 55 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| 56 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm | to-infinitive | Meave | fury's wrath | albeit debate and a council; central wound to Eman speed we parataxis; random through the realm and havoc and plunder parataxis | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wrath=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | scorn | past | Meave | debate and a council not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debate=Theme | ||||
| 3 | call | participle | a council not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | make | participle | demand | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset demand=Product | |||||
| 5 | strike | gerund | central wound to Eman speed we not said here | wind | at Uladh's heart | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at heart=Patient |
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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