The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 151
There the strongest bridge, Tower-guarded, longest held their host at bay; Longer had held it, save that from his place Fergus, the hour foreseen arrived, gave word ‘Fling wide the gates!’
Who acts: longest, Longer · What happens: guard, hold, arrive, give · To what, where: strongest bridge, host, bay, bridge, place, word
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 (longest, Longer), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 guarded | expl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bridge | det |
| 3 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 bridge | amod |
| 4 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guarded | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Tower | punct |
| 6 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bridge | appos |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Tower | punct |
| 8 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 held | punct |
| 10 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 held | nsubj |
| 11 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 guarded | conj |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 host | nmod:poss |
| 13 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 held | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 bay | case |
| 15 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 held | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 held | punct |
| 17 | Longer | Longer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 held | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 held | aux |
| 19 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 guarded | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 held | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 that | punct |
| 22 | save | save | ADP | _ | 23 that | case |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 held | obl |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 place | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 place | nmod:poss |
| 26 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 that | nmod |
| 27 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 place | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 hour | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hour | det |
| 30 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Fergus | appos |
| 31 | foreseen | foreseen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hour | amod |
| 32 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 place | acl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 gave | punct |
| 34 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 guarded | conj |
| 35 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gave | obj |
| 36 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 Fling | punct |
| 37 | Fling | fling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 word | conj |
| 38 | wide | wide | ADP | _ | 40 gates | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 gates | det |
| 40 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 gave | obl |
| 41 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 guarded | punct |
| 42 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 guarded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | participle · passive | the strongest bridge | there | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | hold | past | longest | hills's host | bay | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent host=Theme at bay=Location | |||
| 3 | hold | past · perfect | Longer | bridge | save that from Longer's place | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 4 | arrive | participle | Longer's place not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | give | past | word and Fling | wide the gates | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
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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