The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 36
Yet, sirs, these wearied eyes Rolled many a day around from East to West Still seeking war, and found it not: they saw Six hundred men successive by the hand Of one man slain, Cuchullain; saw the torch Hurl the red smoke-cloud o’er a thousand homes: They saw a war-dance circle Uladh’s coasts; They saw the ravished flock, and ravished herd, The captive throng lance-goaded on its way, Swine-herd and shepherd, hoary head, and maid Beaming and basking in the healthful glow Of youthful beauty.
Who acts: sirs, youthful beauty · What happens: weary, roll, seek, not find, see, ravish · To what, where: many, West, East, war, remote, torch
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 (sirs, youthful beauty), 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 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 8 Rolled | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yet | punct |
| 3 | sirs | sir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Rolled | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 eyes | punct |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 eyes | det |
| 6 | wearied | weary | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sirs | conj |
| 8 | Rolled | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Rolled | obj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Rolled | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | around | around | ADV | _ | 8 Rolled | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 East | case |
| 14 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Rolled | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 West | case |
| 16 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Rolled | obl |
| 17 | Still | still | ADV | _ | 18 seeking | advmod |
| 18 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 Rolled | advcl |
| 19 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seeking | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 found | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 found | cc |
| 22 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Rolled | parataxis |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 found | obj |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 found | advmod |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 saw | punct |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 saw | nsubj |
| 27 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 found | conj |
| 28 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 hundred | compound |
| 29 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 men | nummod |
| 30 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 successive | nsubj |
| 31 | successive | successive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 saw | ccomp |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 hand | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 hand | det |
| 34 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 successive | obl |
| 35 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 38 slain | case |
| 36 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 slain | nummod |
| 37 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 slain | compound |
| 38 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 hand | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Cuchullain | punct |
| 40 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 slain | appos |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 saw | punct |
| 42 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Rolled | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 torch | det |
| 44 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 saw | obj |
| 45 | Hurl | Hurl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 torch | appos |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 o’er | det |
| 47 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 o’er | amod |
| 48 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 cloud | compound |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 smoke | punct |
| 50 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 o’er | compound |
| 51 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 saw | obj |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 thousand | det |
| 53 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 homes | nummod |
| 54 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 o’er | nmod |
| 55 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 57 saw | punct |
| 56 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 saw | nsubj |
| 57 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Rolled | conj |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 circle | det |
| 59 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 dance | compound |
| 60 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 59 war | punct |
| 61 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 circle | compound |
| 62 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 coasts | nmod:poss |
| 63 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 circle | appos |
| 64 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 62 circle | case |
| 65 | coasts | coast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 saw | obj |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 saw | punct |
| 67 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 saw | nsubj |
| 68 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Rolled | conj |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 flock | det |
| 70 | ravished | ravish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 71 flock | amod |
| 71 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 saw | obj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 herd | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 herd | cc |
| 74 | ravished | ravish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 75 herd | amod |
| 75 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 saw | obj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 lance | punct |
| 77 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 lance | det |
| 78 | captive | captive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 lance | amod |
| 79 | throng | throng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 lance | compound |
| 80 | lance | lance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 herd | appos |
| 81 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 80 lance | punct |
| 82 | goaded | goad | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 80 lance | acl |
| 83 | on | on | ADP | _ | 85 way | case |
| 84 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 85 way | nmod:poss |
| 85 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 goaded | obl |
| 86 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 herd | punct |
| 87 | Swine | swine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 herd | compound |
| 88 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 87 Swine | punct |
| 89 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 way | appos |
| 90 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 91 shepherd | cc |
| 91 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 herd | conj |
| 92 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 94 head | punct |
| 93 | hoary | hoary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 94 head | amod |
| 94 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 herd | conj |
| 95 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 98 Beaming | punct |
| 96 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 98 Beaming | cc |
| 97 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 98 Beaming | compound |
| 98 | Beaming | beaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 way | conj |
| 99 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 100 basking | cc |
| 100 | basking | bask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 98 Beaming | conj |
| 101 | in | in | ADP | _ | 104 glow | case |
| 102 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 104 glow | det |
| 103 | healthful | healthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 104 glow | amod |
| 104 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 100 basking | obl |
| 105 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 107 beauty | case |
| 106 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 107 beauty | amod |
| 107 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 104 glow | nmod |
| 108 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Rolled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weary | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | roll | past | sirs and this wearied eyes | many | West | East | day | around property | vn slide-11.2-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent many=Theme from east=Initial_Location to west=Destination |
| 3 | seek | gerund | sirs and this wearied eyes not said here | war | still | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Theme | |||
| 4 | not find | past | remote | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||||
| 5 | see | past | Sirs = sir | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | see | past | sirs and this wearied eyes not said here | the torch | the red cloud o’er thousand homes obj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | see | past | Sirs = sir | a dance circle's coasts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coast=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | see | past | Sirs = sir | the ravished flock | ravished herd obj | tree rules | |||
| 9 | ravish | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 10 | ravish | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 11 | goad | participle | the captive throng lance not said here | lance's way and maid Beaming | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | bask | gerund | the healthful glow of youthful beauty | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 13 | glow | youthful beauty | nom glow «state intransitive»: of=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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