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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 268

On the chariot’s floor He marked those brazen balls, the sport that time Of men way-faring, snatched them up, tossed high While yet careering round the blood-stained field, Then caught them as they fell:--a glittering ring They girt that glittering head.

Who acts: mirth, balls · What happens: mark, snatch up, toss, career, stain, catch · To what, where: brazen balls, floor, balls, glittering ring, head

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 (mirth, balls), 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

casedetnmod:posscaseoblnsubjdetamodobjpunctdetconjdetapposcasenmodcompoundpunctconjpunctconjobjcompound:prtpunctparataxisxcompmarkadvmodadvclcasedetcompoundpunctamodoblpunctadvmodconjobjmarknsubjadvclpunctpunctdetamodoblnsubjparataxismarkadvclobjpunctrootOnADPtheDETchariotNOUN’sPARTfloorNOUNHePRONmarkedVERBthoseDETbrazenADJballsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETsportNOUNthatPRONtimeNOUNOfADPmenNOUNwayNOUN-PUNCTfaringNOUN,PUNCTsnatchedVERBthemPRONupADP,PUNCTtossedVERBhighADJWhileSCONJyetADVcareeringVERBroundADPtheDETbloodNOUN-PUNCTstainedVERBfieldNOUN,PUNCTThenADVcaughtVERBthemPRONasSCONJtheyPRONfellVERB:PUNCT--PUNCTaDETglitteringVERBringNOUNTheyPRONgirtVERBthatSCONJglitteringVERBheadNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_5 floorcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 chariotdet
3chariotchariotNOUNNumber=Sing5 floornmod:poss
4’s'sPART_3 chariotcase
5floorfloorNOUNNumber=Sing7 markedobl
6HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 markednsubj
7markedmarkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem10 ballsdet
9brazenbrazenADJDegree=Pos10 ballsamod
10ballsballNOUNNumber=Plur7 markedobj
11,,PUNCT_13 sportpunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 sportdet
13sportsportNOUNNumber=Sing10 ballsconj
14thatthatPRONPronType=Rel15 timedet
15timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing13 sportappos
16OfofADP_17 mencase
17menmanNOUNNumber=Plur15 timenmod
18waywayNOUNNumber=Sing20 faringcompound
19--PUNCT_18 waypunct
20faringfaringNOUNNumber=Sing17 menconj
21,,PUNCT_22 snatchedpunct
22snatchedsnatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 markedconj
23themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs22 snatchedobj
24upupADP_22 snatchedcompound:prt
25,,PUNCT_26 tossedpunct
26tossedtossVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 snatchedparataxis
27highhighADJDegree=Pos26 tossedxcomp
28WhilewhileSCONJ_30 careeringmark
29yetyetADV_30 careeringadvmod
30careeringcareerVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 tossedadvcl
31roundroundADP_36 fieldcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 fielddet
33bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing35 stainedcompound
34--PUNCT_33 bloodpunct
35stainedstainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part36 fieldamod
36fieldfieldNOUNNumber=Sing30 careeringobl
37,,PUNCT_39 caughtpunct
38ThenthenADVPronType=Dem39 caughtadvmod
39caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 markedconj
40themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 caughtobj
41asasSCONJ_43 fellmark
42theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs43 fellnsubj
43fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 caughtadvcl
44::PUNCT_50 girtpunct
45----PUNCT_48 ringpunct
46aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 ringdet
47glitteringglitterVERBVerbForm=Ger48 ringamod
48ringringNOUNNumber=Sing50 girtobl
49TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs50 girtnsubj
50girtgirtVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 markedparataxis
51thatthatSCONJ_52 glitteringmark
52glitteringglitterVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part50 girtadvcl
53headheadNOUNNumber=Sing52 glitteringobj
54..PUNCT_7 markedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1markpastmirththat brazen balls and the sportthe chariot's floorvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme on floor=Destination
2snatch uppastmirth not said hereballs = ballvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3tossparticiplehigh propertyvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4careergerundyetround the stained fieldtree rules
5stainparticipleblood compoundvn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
6catchpastmirth not said hereballs = ballthenvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7fallpastballs = ballvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8glittergerundvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9girtpresentballs = balla glittering ringtree rules
10glittergerundballs = ball not said hereheadvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=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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