The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 168
That king am I Who, when with traitors thou true pact hadst made, Forth hurled thee naked to the wild wolf’s lair: That was the worst I wished thee: worse by far If aught of kingly once was thine thou found’st-- Beneath a hostile roof the beggar’s dole Gorged on a golden platter, and the hand Protectress, of a woman!’
Who acts: king, thou, traitors, worst · What happens: be, have, make, hurl, wish, gorge · To what, where: I, traitors, thee, lair, dole
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 (king, thou, traitors, worst), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 worst | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 I | cop |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 king | conj |
| 5 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 worst | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 worst | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 worst | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 traitors | case |
| 9 | traitors | traitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 worst | obl |
| 10 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 hadst | nsubj |
| 11 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 pact | amod |
| 12 | pact | pact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hadst | nsubj |
| 13 | hadst | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 traitors | acl:relcl |
| 14 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 hadst | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 hurled | punct |
| 16 | Forth | forth | ADV | _ | 17 hurled | advmod |
| 17 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 made | conj |
| 18 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 hurled | obj |
| 19 | naked | naked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hurled | xcomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 lair | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 wolf | det |
| 22 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 wolf | amod |
| 23 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lair | nmod:poss |
| 24 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 23 wolf | case |
| 25 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hurled | obl |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 worst | punct |
| 27 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 worst | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 worst | cop |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 worst | det |
| 30 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 32 wished | nsubj |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 wished | nsubj |
| 32 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 32 wished | obj |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 worse | punct |
| 35 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 wished | conj |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 far | case |
| 37 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 aught | obl |
| 38 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 aught | mark |
| 39 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 32 wished | parataxis |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 found’st | case |
| 41 | kingly | kingly | ADV | _ | 42 once | advmod |
| 42 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 46 found’st | advmod |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 found’st | cop |
| 44 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 found’st | nmod:poss |
| 45 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 found’st | nsubj |
| 46 | found’st | found'st | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 aught | nmod |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 roof | punct |
| 48 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 51 roof | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 roof | det |
| 50 | hostile | hostile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 roof | compound |
| 51 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 found’st | conj |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 beggar | det |
| 53 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 dole | nmod:poss |
| 54 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 53 beggar | case |
| 55 | dole | dole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 roof | nmod |
| 56 | Gorged | gorge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 dole | acl |
| 57 | on | on | ADP | _ | 60 platter | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 platter | det |
| 59 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 platter | amod |
| 60 | platter | platter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 Gorged | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 Protectress | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 Protectress | cc |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Protectress | det |
| 64 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 Protectress | compound |
| 65 | Protectress | protectress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 wished | parataxis |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 woman | punct |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 woman | case |
| 68 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 woman | det |
| 69 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 Protectress | appos |
| 70 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 69 woman | punct |
| 71 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 65 Protectress | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that king not said here | I | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | thou | traitors not said here | true pact nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | make | participle | traitors not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 4 | hurl | participle | traitors not said here | thee | the wild wolf's lair | forth, naked property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to lair=Destination | ||
| 5 | is | past | that king | with traitors; Who nsubj; That nsubj; bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | wish | past | the worst | thee | I nsubj; aught parataxis; the hand Protectress parataxis | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thou=Theme | |||
| 7 | is | past | thou | of thine found’st and a hostile roof the beggar's dole; thine nmod:poss; a hostile roof the beggar's dole conj; once property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | gorge | participle | the beggar's dole not said here | on a golden platter | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on platter=Patient |
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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