The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 200
The legend adds that in her tent that hour Faythleen, the witch, she saw, who sat and wove A mystic web and sang a mystic song, Seen but by her:--and, later, o’er her bed Men say that Orloff bent, her buried son, And spake; ‘This day the battle shall be fought Of Gairig and Ilgairig.’
Who acts: legend, hour Faythleen, bed Men, Orloff · What happens: add, see, sit, weave, sing, say · To what, where: tent, mystic web, mystic song, buried son · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (legend, hour Faythleen, bed Men, Orloff), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 legend | det |
| 2 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 adds | nsubj |
| 3 | adds | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 tent | mark |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tent | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tent | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 adds | obj |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 saw | mark |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Faythleen | compound |
| 10 | Faythleen | Faythleen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 witch | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 witch | det |
| 13 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Faythleen | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saw | punct |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tent | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sat | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 sat | nsubj |
| 19 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 saw | parataxis |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wove | cc |
| 21 | wove | weave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 sat | conj |
| 22 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 web | det |
| 23 | mystic | mystic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 web | amod |
| 24 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 wove | obj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 sang | cc |
| 26 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 sat | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 song | det |
| 28 | mystic | mystic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 song | amod |
| 29 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sang | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Seen | punct |
| 31 | Seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 song | acl |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 her | cc |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 her | case |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 Seen | conj |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 later | punct |
| 36 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 later | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 later | cc |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 and | punct |
| 39 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 26 sang | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 say | punct |
| 41 | o’er | o'er | SCONJ | _ | 45 say | mark |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 Men | nmod:poss |
| 43 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 Men | compound |
| 44 | Men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 say | nsubj |
| 45 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 sang | parataxis |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 48 bent | mark |
| 47 | Orloff | Orloff | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 bent | nsubj |
| 48 | bent | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 say | ccomp |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 son | punct |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 son | nmod:poss |
| 51 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 son | amod |
| 52 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 bent | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 spake | punct |
| 54 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 spake | cc |
| 55 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 son | appos |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 fought | punct |
| 57 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 64 fought | punct |
| 58 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 day | det |
| 59 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 fought | obl:unmarked |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 battle | det |
| 61 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 day | obj |
| 62 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 fought | aux |
| 63 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 64 fought | aux:pass |
| 64 | fought | fight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 saw | conj |
| 65 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 66 Gairig | case |
| 66 | Gairig | Gairig | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 fought | obl |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 Ilgairig | cc |
| 68 | Ilgairig | Ilgairig | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Gairig | conj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 tent | punct |
| 70 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 tent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | the legend | legend's tent | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | past | hour Faythleen | legend's tent not said here | Faythleen nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tent=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | sit | past | who nsubj | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | weave | past | a mystic web | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Product | |||||
| 5 | sing speech: express | past | a mystic song | late property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | participle | a mystic song not said here | legend conj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | present | legend's bed Men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | bend | past | Orloff | legend's buried son | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent son=Material | ||||
| 9 | bury | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 10 | fight | shall · passive | hour Faythleen not said here | day | of Gairig and Ilgairig | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V» |
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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