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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 274

Meave, with a remnant small Reached Shenan’s bridgeless tide; and there had fallen Stretching to towered Ath-Luain helpless hands, Save that Cuchullain, ’mid the narrower way Standing with arms extended, terrible, Abashed that host pursuing; ‘Stand ye back!

Who acts: Meave, Standing, narrower way, host, Reached Shenan · What happens: fall, stretch, tower, mi, stand, extend · To what, where: towered Luain helpless hands, narrower way, host, ye

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 (Meave, Standing, narrower way, host), 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

nsubjpunctcasedetamodamodcompoundnmod:posscaseamodnmodpunctccadvmodauxadvcladvclfixedamodcompoundpunctcompoundamodoblpunctcasedetparataxispunctpunctdetamodobjcsubj:passcaseoblacl:relclpunctconjpunctacldetobjaclpunctpunctconjobjadvmodpunctrootMeavePROPN,PUNCTwithADPaDETremnantADJsmallADJReachedPROPNShenanPROPN’sPARTbridgelessADJtideNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJthereADVhadAUXfallenVERBStretchingVERBtoADPtoweredVERBAthPROPN-PUNCTLuainPROPNhelplessADJhandsNOUN,PUNCTSaveADPthatDETCuchullainPROPN,PUNCT’PUNCTmidVERBtheDETnarrowerADJwayNOUNStandingVERBwithADParmsNOUNextendedVERB,PUNCTterribleADJ,PUNCTAbashedVERBthatDEThostNOUNpursuingVERB;PUNCT‘PUNCTStandVERByePRONbackADV!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeaveMeavePROPNNumber=Sing31 midnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Meavepunct
3withwithADP_11 tidecase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 Shenandet
5remnantremnantADJDegree=Pos7 Reachedamod
6smallsmallADJDegree=Pos7 Reachedamod
7ReachedReachedPROPNNumber=Sing8 Shenancompound
8ShenanShenanPROPNNumber=Sing11 tidenmod:poss
9’s'sPART_8 Shenancase
10bridgelessbridgelessADJDegree=Pos11 tideamod
11tidetideNOUNNumber=Sing1 Meavenmod
12;;PUNCT_31 midpunct
13andandCCONJ_16 fallencc
14therethereADVPronType=Dem16 fallenadvmod
15hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 fallenaux
16fallenfallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 midadvcl
17StretchingstretchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 handsadvcl
18totoADP_17 Stretchingfixed
19toweredtowerVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 handsamod
20AthAthPROPNNumber=Sing22 Luaincompound
21--PUNCT_20 Athpunct
22LuainLuainPROPNNumber=Sing24 handscompound
23helplesshelplessADJDegree=Pos24 handsamod
24handshandNOUNNumber=Plur16 fallenobl
25,,PUNCT_28 Cuchullainpunct
26SavesaveADP_28 Cuchullaincase
27thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem28 Cuchullaindet
28CuchullainCuchullainPROPNNumber=Sing16 fallenparataxis
29,,PUNCT_28 Cuchullainpunct
30’'PUNCT_28 Cuchullainpunct
31midmiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 waydet
33narrowernarrowADJDegree=Cmp34 wayamod
34waywayNOUNNumber=Sing31 midobj
35StandingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part38 extendedcsubj:pass
36withwithADP_37 armscase
37armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur35 Standingobl
38extendedextendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 wayacl:relcl
39,,PUNCT_40 terriblepunct
40terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos38 extendedconj
41,,PUNCT_42 Abashedpunct
42AbashedabashVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 wayacl
43thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem44 hostdet
44hosthostNOUNNumber=Sing42 Abashedobj
45pursuingpursueVERBVerbForm=Ger44 hostacl
46;;PUNCT_48 Standpunct
47‘'PUNCT_48 Standpunct
48StandstandVERBVerbForm=Inf31 midconj
49yeyePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch48 Standobj
50backbackADV_48 Standadvmod
51!!PUNCT_31 midpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fallpast · perfectMeave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide not said heretowered Luain helpless handstherethat Cuchullain parataxisvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2stretchgerundMeave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide not said herevn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3towerparticiplevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4mipastMeave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tidethe narrower waytree rules
5standgerundwith armsvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6extendparticipleStandingthe narrower way not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7abashparticiplethe narrower way not said herethat hostvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus host=Experiencer
8pursuegerundthat host not said herevn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
9stand backinfinitiveMeave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide not said hereyevn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus
10tidea Reached Shenannom tide «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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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