The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 27
Kings and queen, The end of war is retribution just For deeds unjust; ill cure for greater ill: Wars there must be; and woman-mouthed were he Who railed against them:--aye, but demon-mouthed The man that boasts of war-dishonouring wars Opprobrious, spiteful, predatory, base.
Who acts: end, Kings, man · What happens: be, mouth, boast, dishonour · To what, where: retribution, Wars, Kings, man
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 (end, Kings, man), 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 | Kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 railed | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 queen | cc |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kings | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 retribution | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 end | det |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 retribution | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 war | case |
| 8 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 end | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 retribution | cop |
| 10 | retribution | retribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kings | conj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 deeds | advmod |
| 12 | For | for | ADP | _ | 13 deeds | case |
| 13 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Kings | conj |
| 14 | unjust | unjust | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 deeds | amod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 cure | punct |
| 16 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 cure | amod |
| 17 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kings | conj |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 ill | mark |
| 19 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 ill | amod |
| 20 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 cure | acl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 Wars | punct |
| 22 | Wars | War | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Kings | nmod |
| 23 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 25 be | expl |
| 24 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 be | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Wars | cop |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 mouthed | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 mouthed | cc |
| 28 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 mouthed | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 woman | punct |
| 30 | mouthed | mouth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Kings | acl:relcl |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 railed | cop |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 railed | nsubj |
| 33 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 railed | nsubj |
| 34 | railed | rail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 35 | against | against | ADP | _ | 36 them | case |
| 36 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 railed | obl |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 railed | punct |
| 38 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 aye | punct |
| 39 | aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 34 railed | discourse |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 mouthed | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 mouthed | cc |
| 42 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 mouthed | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 demon | punct |
| 44 | mouthed | mouth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 railed | conj |
| 45 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 man | det |
| 46 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 mouthed | obj |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 boasts | nsubj |
| 48 | boasts | boast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 man | acl:relcl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 wars | case |
| 50 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 dishonouring | compound |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 war | punct |
| 52 | dishonouring | dishonour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 53 wars | amod |
| 53 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 boasts | obl |
| 54 | Opprobrious | opprobrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 wars | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 spiteful | punct |
| 56 | spiteful | spiteful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 Opprobrious | conj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 predatory | punct |
| 58 | predatory | predatory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 Opprobrious | conj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 base | punct |
| 60 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 wars | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 railed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the end of war | retribution | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | infinitive | Wars | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | mouth | participle | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure not said here | woman compound | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure | against ends = end | spake = speak nsubj; Who nsubj; rail property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | mouth | participle | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure not said here | the man | demon compound | tree rules | |||
| 6 | boast speech: other | present | the man | of dishonouring wars and base | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | dishonour | gerund | war compound | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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