The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 26
Thus he spake, Not rising, to that throng of courtiers crowned: ‘Ill doctrine have ye praised this evening, kings, Unwise, to Erin’s realms unprofitable, Extolling war not based on righteous cause Nor righteous ends ensuing.
Who acts: response, spake, Ill doctrine, Nor righteous ends · What happens: speak, not rise, crown, praise, extol, not base · To what, where: throng, Ill doctrine, ye, war, righteous · 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 (response, spake, Ill doctrine, Nor righteous ends), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 3 spake | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spake | nsubj |
| 3 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crowned | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rising | punct |
| 5 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 rising | advmod |
| 6 | rising | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 spake | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 throng | punct |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 throng | case |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 throng | det |
| 10 | throng | throng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rising | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 courtiers | case |
| 12 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 throng | nmod |
| 13 | crowned | crown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 doctrine | punct |
| 15 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 doctrine | punct |
| 16 | Ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 doctrine | amod |
| 17 | doctrine | doctrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crowned | obl |
| 18 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 praised | aux |
| 19 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 praised | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | praised | praise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 doctrine | acl:relcl |
| 21 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 evening | det |
| 22 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 praised | obl:unmarked |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 kings | punct |
| 24 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 doctrine | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Unwise | punct |
| 26 | Unwise | unwise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 doctrine | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 unprofitable | punct |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 unprofitable | case |
| 29 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 realms | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 Erin | case |
| 31 | realms | realm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 unprofitable | nsubj |
| 32 | unprofitable | unprofitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 crowned | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Extolling | punct |
| 34 | Extolling | extol | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 unprofitable | conj |
| 35 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Extolling | obj |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 based | advmod |
| 37 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 Extolling | advcl |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 righteous | case |
| 39 | righteous | righteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 based | obl |
| 40 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 43 ends | case |
| 41 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 ends | compound |
| 42 | righteous | righteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 ends | amod |
| 43 | ends | end | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 righteous | obl |
| 44 | ensuing | ensue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 ends | acl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 crowned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | response | thus property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not rise | gerund | spake not said here | that throng of courtiers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to throng=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | crown | past | spake | Ill doctrine and kings | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | praise | present · perfect · passive | Ill doctrine and kings not said here | ye | evening | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | extol | gerund | spake not said here | war | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not base | participle | spake not said here | righteous cause Nor righteous ends | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on righteous=Source | ||||
| 7 | ensue | gerund | Nor righteous ends not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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