The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 155
Meave herself With downward mace three champions slew that day, Him last, that felon son of faithful sire, Buini, the Ruthless Red, who, breaking pledge, Betrayed the sons of Usnach for a bribe: His father’s prophecy the Accursed fulfilled Slain by a woman’s hand.
Who acts: you, three champions, Ruthless Red, prophecy · What happens: meave, slay, break, betray, accurs, fulfil · To what, where: confederate, pledge, sons, prophecy, Slain
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 (you, three champions, Ruthless Red, prophecy), 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 | Meave | meave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Meave | obj |
| 3 | With | with | ADP | _ | 5 mace | case |
| 4 | downward | downward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mace | amod |
| 5 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Meave | obl |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 champions | nummod |
| 7 | champions | champion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 slew | nsubj |
| 8 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Meave | parataxis |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 slew | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Him | punct |
| 12 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Meave | parataxis |
| 13 | last | last | ADV | _ | 1 Meave | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 son | det |
| 16 | felon | felon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | compound |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Meave | parataxis |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 sire | case |
| 19 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 sire | amod |
| 20 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Buini | punct |
| 22 | Buini | Buini | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 sire | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Red | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Red | det |
| 25 | Ruthless | Ruthless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Red | compound |
| 26 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Buini | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 breaking | punct |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 breaking | nsubj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 breaking | punct |
| 30 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 Red | conj |
| 31 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 breaking | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Betrayed | punct |
| 33 | Betrayed | betray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Meave | parataxis |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 sons | det |
| 35 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 Betrayed | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Usnach | case |
| 37 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 sons | nmod |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 bribe | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 bribe | det |
| 40 | bribe | bribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 fulfilled | obl |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 prophecy | punct |
| 42 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 father | nmod:poss |
| 43 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 prophecy | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 43 father | case |
| 45 | prophecy | prophecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 fulfilled | nsubj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Accursed | det |
| 47 | Accursed | accurs | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 prophecy | acl |
| 48 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 Betrayed | parataxis |
| 49 | Slain | Slain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 fulfilled | obj |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 hand | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 woman | det |
| 52 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 hand | nmod:poss |
| 53 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 52 woman | case |
| 54 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 fulfilled | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Meave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meave | imperative | you not said here | confederate | with downward mace; strength parataxis; that felon son of faithful sire parataxis; last property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | slay | past | three champions | day | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | break | gerund | the Ruthless Red | pledge | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pledge=Patient | ||||
| 4 | betray | past | the sons of Usnach | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | accurs | participle | strength's father's prophecy not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | fulfil | past | strength's father's prophecy | Slain | for a bribe; by a woman's hand | tree rules |
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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