The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 9
From midnight to near sunset the next day he lies in a trance, during which fair spirits minister to him again his lost strength; and there is shown to him a vision of some mystic greatness reserved for Erin, yet of an order which he cannot understand.
Who acts: next day, battle · What happens: lie, lose, show, reserve, not understand · To what, where: trance, vision, battle, mystic greatness, order
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 (next day, battle), 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 | From | from | ADP | _ | 2 midnight | case |
| 2 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lies | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 sunset | case |
| 4 | near | near | ADV | _ | 5 sunset | advmod |
| 5 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 midnight | nmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lies | nsubj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lies | nsubj |
| 10 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 trance | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 trance | det |
| 13 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lies | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 minister | punct |
| 15 | during | during | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 minister | obl |
| 17 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 spirits | amod |
| 18 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 minister | compound |
| 19 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 trance | appos |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 minister | nmod |
| 22 | again | again | ADV | _ | 25 strength | advmod |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 strength | nmod:poss |
| 24 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 strength | amod |
| 25 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 minister | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 shown | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 shown | cc |
| 28 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 30 shown | expl |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 shown | aux:pass |
| 30 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 lies | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 shown | obl |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 vision | det |
| 34 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 shown | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 greatness | case |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 greatness | det |
| 37 | mystic | mystic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 greatness | amod |
| 38 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 vision | nmod |
| 39 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 greatness | acl |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 Erin | case |
| 41 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 reserved | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 order | punct |
| 43 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 46 order | cc |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 order | case |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 order | det |
| 46 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lies | obl |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 understand | obj |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 understand | nsubj |
| 49 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 understand | aux |
| 50 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 51 understand | advmod |
| 51 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 order | acl:relcl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 lies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the next day | a trance | midnight | of a order; battle nsubj | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in trance=Location | ||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | show | present · passive | the next day not said here | a vision of some mystic greatness | battle | there | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: vision=Topic to he=Recipient | ||
| 4 | reserve | participle | some mystic greatness not said here | for Erin | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for erin=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | not understand | can | battle | a order | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/9/