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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 261

The on-rolling wheels devoured Those serried ranks; the war-steeds trampled down: Reached was that rampart furthest of the three; There in her war-car sat the queen; in front The Maineys seven were ranged: his sword forth flashed: Four perished of the seven.

Who acts: rolling wheels, sword, Four · What happens: roll, devour, serry, trample down, reach, be · To what, where: serried ranks, war steeds, queen, war car, Maineys, front

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 (rolling wheels, sword, Four), 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

detcasepunctamodnsubjacldetamodobjpunctdetcompoundpunctparataxisaclcompound:prtpunctparataxiscopnsubjobjcasedetnmodpunctexplcasenmod:posscompoundpunctobladvcldetobjpunctcaseobldetnsubjnsubj:passaux:passconjpunctnmod:possnsubjadvmodparataxispunctnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETonADP-PUNCTrollingVERBwheelsNOUNdevouredVERBThoseDETserriedVERBranksNOUN;PUNCTtheDETwarNOUN-PUNCTsteedsNOUNtrampledVERBdownADP:PUNCTReachedVERBwasAUXthatPRONrampartVERBfurthestADJofADPtheDETthreeNUM;PUNCTTherePRONinADPherPRONwarNOUN-PUNCTcarNOUNsatVERBtheDETqueenNOUN;PUNCTinADPfrontNOUNTheDETMaineysPROPNsevenNUMwereAUXrangedVERB:PUNCThisPRONswordNOUNforthADVflashedVERB:PUNCTFourNUMperishedVERBofADPtheDETsevenNUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 wheelsdet
2ononADP_5 wheelscase
3--PUNCT_2 onpunct
4rollingrollVERBVerbForm=Ger5 wheelsamod
5wheelswheelNOUNNumber=Plur21 rampartnsubj
6devoureddevourVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 wheelsacl
7ThosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem9 ranksdet
8serriedserryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 ranksamod
9ranksrankNOUNNumber=Plur6 devouredobj
10;;PUNCT_14 steedspunct
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 steedsdet
12warwarNOUNNumber=Sing14 steedscompound
13--PUNCT_12 warpunct
14steedssteedNOUNNumber=Plur5 wheelsparataxis
15trampledtrampleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 steedsacl
16downdownADP_15 trampledcompound:prt
17::PUNCT_18 Reachedpunct
18ReachedreachVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 steedsparataxis
19wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 rampartcop
20thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem21 rampartnsubj
21rampartrampartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
22furthestfurthADJDegree=Sup21 rampartobj
23ofofADP_25 threecase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 threedet
25threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card22 furthestnmod
26;;PUNCT_33 satpunct
27TheretherePRONPronType=Dem33 satexpl
28ininADP_32 carcase
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 carnmod:poss
30warwarNOUNNumber=Sing32 carcompound
31--PUNCT_30 warpunct
32carcarNOUNNumber=Sing33 satobl
33satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 rampartadvcl
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 queendet
35queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing33 satobj
36;;PUNCT_43 rangedpunct
37ininADP_38 frontcase
38frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing43 rangedobl
39ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Maineysdet
40MaineysMaineysPROPNNumber=Sing43 rangednsubj
41sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card43 rangednsubj:pass
42werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 rangedaux:pass
43rangedrangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 rampartconj
44::PUNCT_48 flashedpunct
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 swordnmod:poss
46swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing48 flashednsubj
47forthforthADV_48 flashedadvmod
48flashedflashVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 rampartparataxis
49::PUNCT_51 perishedpunct
50FourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card51 perishednsubj
51perishedperishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 flashedconj
52ofofADP_54 sevencase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 sevendet
54sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card51 perishedobl
55..PUNCT_21 rampartpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rollgerundvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2devourparticiplethe rolling wheels the war steeds not said herethat serried ranksvn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Patient
3serryparticipletree rules
4trample downparticiplethe war steeds not said heretree rules
5reachparticiplevn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6ispastthe rolling wheels the war steedsthat nsubj; rampart propertytree rules
7sitpastthe rolling wheels the war steeds not said herethe queenFate's war car; therevn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme in car=Location
8rangepast · passivethe Maineysfrontseven nsubj:passvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
9flashpastMaineys's swordforth propertyvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10perishpastFourof the sevenvn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of seven=Causer

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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