The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 93
He with stealthy foot Stepping o’er corpses of his brethren slain, Made keen-eyed inquest of the wounds; then spake: ‘Of these the least is dangerous: fatal none: Two cures for such there be, diverse in kind; Ketherne, thou son of Fintan, make thy choice!
Who acts: stealthy foot, brethren slain, Ithal, these, thou · What happens: step, make, speak, be, son · To what, where: o’er corpses, eyed inquest, Ketherne, choice · 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 (stealthy foot, brethren slain, Ithal, these), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 spake | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 foot | case |
| 3 | stealthy | stealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 foot | amod |
| 4 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 He | nmod |
| 5 | Stepping | step | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 foot | acl |
| 6 | o’er | o' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 corpses | amod |
| 7 | corpses | corpse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Stepping | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 slain | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 slain | nmod:poss |
| 10 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 slain | compound |
| 11 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 corpses | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Made | punct |
| 13 | Made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 slain | acl |
| 14 | keen | keen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 eyed | amod |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 keen | punct |
| 16 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 inquest | amod |
| 17 | inquest | inquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Made | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 wounds | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 wounds | det |
| 20 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 inquest | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 spake | punct |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 spake | advmod |
| 23 | spake | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 dangerous | punct |
| 25 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 dangerous | punct |
| 26 | Of | of | SCONJ | _ | 31 dangerous | mark |
| 27 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 31 dangerous | nsubj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 least | det |
| 29 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 dangerous | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 dangerous | cop |
| 31 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 spake | ccomp |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 none | punct |
| 33 | fatal | fatal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 none | amod |
| 34 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 23 spake | parataxis |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 cures | punct |
| 36 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 cures | nummod |
| 37 | cures | cure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 none | appos |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 such | case |
| 39 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 37 cures | nmod |
| 40 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 cures | advmod |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 cures | acl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 diverse | punct |
| 43 | diverse | diverse | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 none | conj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 kind | case |
| 45 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 diverse | obl |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 Ketherne | punct |
| 47 | Ketherne | Ketherne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 spake | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 son | punct |
| 49 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 50 son | nsubj |
| 50 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Ketherne | appos |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Fintan | case |
| 52 | Fintan | Fintan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 son | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 make | punct |
| 54 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 spake | conj |
| 55 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 56 choice | nmod:poss |
| 56 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 make | obj |
| 57 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 23 spake | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | gerund | stealthy foot not said here | o’er corpses of Ithal's brethren slain | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location corpse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | Ithal's brethren slain not said here | eyed inquest of the wounds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquest=Product | ||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | infinitive | Ithal | Ketherne | then | none parataxis | tree rules | ||
| 4 | is | present | these | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | son | thou | of Fintan | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | make | present | Ithal not said here | thy choice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product |
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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