The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 282
That eve, men say, While slowly paced Cuchullain t’ward the camp, Lamenting strains of Goddesses were heard, For whatsoe’er was female loved the man, If earthly female, with a human love, If heavenly, with a love compassionate, Lamenting strains that, ere his youth had passed, That starry head must lie by Fate’s decree Amid the dust of death.
Who acts: eve, Cuchullain, youth, starry head, Goddesses, Fate · What happens: say, pace, t'war, lament, hear, love · To what, where: camp, strains, female loved man, compassionate Lamenting strains · 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 (eve, Cuchullain, youth, starry head), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 eve | det |
| 2 | eve | eve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 eve | punct |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 t’ward | punct |
| 7 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 t’ward | mark |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 9 paced | advmod |
| 9 | paced | pace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 t’ward | advcl |
| 10 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 t’ward | nsubj |
| 11 | t’ward | t'war | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 camp | det |
| 13 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 t’ward | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Lamenting | punct |
| 15 | Lamenting | lament | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 t’ward | advcl |
| 16 | strains | strain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Goddesses | case |
| 18 | Goddesses | goddess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 strains | nmod |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 heard | aux:pass |
| 20 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 Lamenting | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 man | punct |
| 22 | For | for | ADP | _ | 23 whatsoe’er | case |
| 23 | whatsoe’er | whatsoe'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 man | obl |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 man | cop |
| 25 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 man | amod |
| 26 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 man | amod |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 man | det |
| 28 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 female | punct |
| 30 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 female | mark |
| 31 | earthly | earthly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 female | amod |
| 32 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 love | punct |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 love | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 love | det |
| 36 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 love | amod |
| 37 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | vocative |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 heavenly | punct |
| 39 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 40 heavenly | mark |
| 40 | heavenly | heavenly | ADV | _ | 20 heard | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 love | punct |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 love | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 love | det |
| 44 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 heard | parataxis |
| 45 | compassionate | compassionate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 strains | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Lamenting | punct |
| 47 | Lamenting | lament | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 48 strains | amod |
| 48 | strains | strain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 love | conj |
| 49 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 ere | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 ere | punct |
| 51 | ere | ere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 strains | acl:relcl |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 youth | nmod:poss |
| 53 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 passed | nsubj |
| 54 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 passed | aux |
| 55 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 ere | ccomp |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 lie | punct |
| 57 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 head | det |
| 58 | starry | starry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 head | amod |
| 59 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lie | nsubj |
| 60 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 lie | aux |
| 61 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 passed | conj |
| 62 | by | by | ADP | _ | 65 decree | case |
| 63 | Fate | Fate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 decree | nmod:poss |
| 64 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 63 Fate | case |
| 65 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lie | obl |
| 66 | Amid | amid | ADP | _ | 68 dust | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 dust | det |
| 68 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lie | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 death | case |
| 70 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 dust | nmod |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | that eve | men nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pace | participle | Cuchullain not said here | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | t'war | past | Cuchullain | the camp | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | lament | gerund | Cuchullain not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | hear | past · passive | strains of Goddesses | a human love vocative; earthly female conj; a love and compassionate Lamenting strains parataxis; heavenly property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | love | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | is a | past | the female loved man | for whatsoe’er | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | lament | gerund | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 9 | ere | past | compassionate Lamenting strains | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | pass | past · perfect | man's youth | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | lie | must | that starry head | by Fate's decree; amid the dust of death | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by decree=Location | ||||
| 12 | strain | Goddesses | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 13 | decree | Fate | nom decree «communication 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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