The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 214
Blessing then too That Well diffused, they say; for from its brink A runnel o’er the pebbles ran with sound So sweetly tuned that on the warrior sank Deep seal of peace divine.
Who acts: Fedelm, pebbles · What happens: bless, diffuse, say, run, tune, sink · To what, where: That, runnel o’er, Deep seal, warrior · 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 (Fedelm, pebbles), 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 | Blessing | bless | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 diffused | mark |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 diffused | advmod |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 diffused | advmod |
| 4 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 diffused | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 diffused | advmod |
| 6 | diffused | diffuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 say | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 diffused | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 o’er | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 brink | case |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 brink | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brink | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brink | brink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 o’er | obl |
| 15 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 o’er | det |
| 16 | runnel | runnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 o’er | compound |
| 17 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | ccomp |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pebbles | det |
| 19 | pebbles | pebble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ran | nsubj |
| 20 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 o’er | acl:relcl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 sound | case |
| 22 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ran | obl |
| 23 | So | so | ADV | _ | 25 tuned | advmod |
| 24 | sweetly | sweetly | ADV | _ | 25 tuned | advmod |
| 25 | tuned | tune | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 ran | conj |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 sank | mark |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 warrior | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 warrior | det |
| 29 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sank | obl |
| 30 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 tuned | advcl |
| 31 | Deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 seal | amod |
| 32 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sank | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 divine | case |
| 34 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 divine | compound |
| 35 | divine | divine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 seal | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless | gerund | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | diffuse | participle · passive | That | then | well property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Fedelm | a runnel o’er for saint's brink ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | run | past | the pebbles | a runnel o’er for saint's brink not said here | with sound | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent o'er=Product with sound=Material | |||
| 5 | tune | past | the pebbles not said here | sweetly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | sink | past | the pebbles not said here | Deep seal of peace divine | the warrior | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seal=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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