The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 11
At last the war had whirled its giddy round; And Meave, well nigh returned, the Shenan[35] near Beside Ath-Luain[36] streaming in its might, Decreed to make division of her spoil Ere yet she crossed it.
Who acts: last war, Meave · What happens: whirl, return, make, cross, spoil · To what, where: giddy round, Meave, division
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last war, Meave), 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 | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 war | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 war | det |
| 4 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whirled | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 whirled | aux |
| 6 | whirled | whirl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 round | nmod:poss |
| 8 | giddy | giddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 round | amod |
| 9 | round | round | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whirled | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 Meave | punct |
| 11 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Meave | cc |
| 12 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 whirled | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 returned | punct |
| 14 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 returned | advmod |
| 15 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 16 returned | advmod |
| 16 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 Meave | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Shenan | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Shenan | det |
| 19 | Shenan | Shenan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Meave | conj |
| 20 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 21 35 | punct |
| 21 | 35 | 35 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 Shenan | appos |
| 22 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 21 35 | punct |
| 23 | near | near | ADP | _ | 24 Beside | case |
| 24 | Beside | Beside | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Shenan | nmod |
| 25 | Ath | Ath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Beside | flat |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 Luain | punct |
| 27 | Luain | Luain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Beside | conj |
| 28 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 29 36 | punct |
| 29 | 36 | 36 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 31 streaming | nummod |
| 30 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 29 36 | punct |
| 31 | streaming | streaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Shenan | appos |
| 32 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 34 might | mark |
| 33 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 might | nmod:poss |
| 34 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 Shenan | advcl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Decreed | punct |
| 36 | Decreed | Decreed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Meave | conj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 make | mark |
| 38 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 whirled | advcl |
| 39 | division | division | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 make | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 spoil | case |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 spoil | nmod:poss |
| 42 | spoil | spoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 division | nmod |
| 43 | Ere | Ere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 spoil | appos |
| 44 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 46 crossed | advmod |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 crossed | nsubj |
| 46 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 make | advcl |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 crossed | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 whirled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whirl | past · perfect | the last war | war's giddy round | Meave and the Shenan near Beside and Luain and Decreed parataxis | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent round=Theme | |||
| 2 | return | participle | Meave and the Shenan near Beside and Luain and Decreed not said here | nigh, well property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | the last war not said here | division of Meave's spoil | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset division=Product | ||||
| 4 | cross | past | Meave | division | yet | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 5 | spoil | Meave | nom spoil «possession 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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