The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 98

At his word Ithal prepared a wonder-working bath Strewn with strange herbs, and bathed therein the man, Then bade him drink of some elixir bright Drawn from the sun. As one refreshed by sleep He rose: he clomb his war-car; sought the foe; Threescore he slew, their best.

Who acts: Ithal, Threescore, Leech · What happens: prepare, work, bath, bade, draw, refresh · To what, where: working bath, word, man, Ithal, sleep, war car

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 (Ithal, Threescore, Leech), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 word	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 word	nmod:poss
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prepared	obl
4	Ithal	Ithal	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prepared	nsubj
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bath	det
7	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 working	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 wonder	punct
9	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 bath	amod
10	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prepared	obj
11	Strewn	strewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bath	amod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 herbs	case
13	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 herbs	amod
14	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Strewn	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bathed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bathed	cc
17	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prepared	conj
18	therein	therein	ADV	_	20 man	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 man	det
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bathed	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bade	punct
22	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 bade	advmod
23	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 bathed	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 bade	obj
25	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bade	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 some	case
27	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	25 drink	nmod
28	elixir	elixir	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 some	nmod
29	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 elixir	amod
30	Drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 bright	acl
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 sun.	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 sun.	det
33	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Drawn	obl
34	As	as	ADP	_	35 one	case
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 Drawn	obl
36	refreshed	refresh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 one	acl
37	by	by	ADP	_	38 sleep	case
38	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 refreshed	obl
39	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 rose	nsubj
40	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 sleep	acl:relcl
41	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 clomb	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 clomb	nsubj
43	clomb	clomb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 one	acl:relcl
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 car	nmod:poss
45	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 car	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 war	punct
47	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 clomb	obj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 sought	punct
49	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 clomb	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 foe	det
51	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 sought	obj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 slew	punct
53	Threescore	threescore	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 slew	nsubj
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 slew	nsubj
55	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prepared	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 best	punct
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 best	nmod:poss
58	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	55 slew	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 prepared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	past	Ithal	a working bath	Leech's word			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient
2	work	gerund					wonder compound	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bath	past	Ithal not said here	the man				tree rules
4	bade	past	Ithal not said here	Ithal		then	drink of some elixir obj	tree rules
5	draw	participle					as one; from the sun.	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from sun.=Co-Patient
6	refresh	participle					by sleep	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	rise	past	Ithal	sleep not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sleep=Theme
8	clomb	past	Ithal	Ithal's war car				tree rules
9	seek	past	Ithal not said here	the foe				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme
10	slay	past	Threescore	men's best				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient
11	word		Leech					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 98