The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 55
The siege of Eman means a three months’ siege: Be wary lest, ere yet that time is past King Conor with his exiles makes a pact, And they who now but rate thee drink thy blood: Be wary likewise lest in half that time Thy host melt from thee like a wreath of snow!
Who acts: siege, past King Conor, host · What happens: mean, be, make, rate, drink, melt · To what, where: siege, past King Conor, pact, thee, blood, half
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 (siege, past King Conor, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 siege | det |
| 2 | siege | siege | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Eman | case |
| 4 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 siege | nmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 months | det |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 months | nummod |
| 8 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 siege | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 8 months | case |
| 10 | siege | siege | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 wary | punct |
| 12 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wary | cop |
| 13 | wary | wary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | conj |
| 14 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 13 wary | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 makes | punct |
| 16 | ere | ere | ADV | _ | 17 yet | advmod |
| 17 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 27 makes | advmod |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 time | det |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Conor | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 Conor | cop |
| 21 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Conor | amod |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Conor | compound |
| 23 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 makes | nsubj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 exiles | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 exiles | nmod:poss |
| 26 | exiles | exile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 Conor | nmod |
| 27 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | parataxis |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 pact | det |
| 29 | pact | pact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 makes | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 rate | punct |
| 31 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 rate | cc |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 who | nsubj |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 rate | nsubj |
| 34 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 who | advmod |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 rate | cc |
| 36 | rate | rate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 makes | conj |
| 37 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 rate | obj |
| 38 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 rate | xcomp |
| 39 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 blood | nmod:poss |
| 40 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 drink | obj |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 wary | punct |
| 42 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 wary | cop |
| 43 | wary | wary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | parataxis |
| 44 | likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 43 wary | advmod |
| 45 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 52 melt | mark |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 half | case |
| 47 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 52 melt | obl |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 time | det |
| 49 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 melt | obl:unmarked |
| 50 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 host | nmod:poss |
| 51 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 melt | nsubj |
| 52 | melt | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 wary | advcl |
| 53 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 thee | case |
| 54 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 52 melt | obl |
| 55 | like | like | ADP | _ | 57 wreath | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 wreath | det |
| 57 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 melt | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 snow | case |
| 59 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 wreath | nmod |
| 60 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | the siege of Eman | a three months's siege | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siege=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | the siege of Eman not said here | wary property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | past King Conor | time | with Conor's exiles | tree rules | |||
| 4 | make | present | past King Conor | a pact | yet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pact=Product | |||
| 5 | rate | infinitive | thee | who exiles nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | drink | infinitive | thy blood | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | |||||
| 7 | is | infinitive | likewise, wary property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | melt | present | Thy host | half | time | from thee; like a wreath of snow | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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