The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 16, sentence 2

Cuchullain led That host Ulidian home; while Meave made oath Northward to send, and range round Eman’s walls Her spoil, the war’s sole triumph, countless flocks, The herds milk-yielding of the large-eyed kine, The horses, and the asses, and the goats, The household stuffs, rich vests, and precious dyes, The hinds laborious, and the men age-bent, And maidens skilled in work; but, first, and chief That sable Bull, the cause of all the war.

Who acts: Cuchullain, Meave, oath, herds, household, war · What happens: lead, make, send, yielding, stuff, skill · To what, where: host, oath, goats, maidens, work, war

This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cuchullain, Meave, oath, herds), 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	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	Ulidian	Ulidian	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 host	appos
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 led	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 made	punct
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
9	Meave	Meave	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 led	conj
11	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj
12	Northward	northward	ADV	_	14 send	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 send	mark
14	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 range	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 range	cc
17	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	parataxis
18	round	round	ADP	_	21 walls	case
19	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 walls	nmod:poss
20	’s	's	PART	_	19 Eman	case
21	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 range	nmod
22	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 spoil	nmod:poss
23	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 walls	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 triumph	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 war	det
26	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 triumph	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 war	case
28	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 triumph	amod
29	triumph	triumph	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 range	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 flocks	punct
31	countless	countless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 flocks	amod
32	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 range	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 yielding	punct
34	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 yielding	det
35	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 yielding	nsubj
36	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 yielding	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 milk	punct
38	yielding	yielding	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 range	conj
39	of	of	ADP	_	44 kine	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 kine	det
41	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 eyed	amod
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 large	punct
43	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 kine	amod
44	kine	kine	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 yielding	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 horses	punct
46	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 horses	det
47	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 range	list
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 asses	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 asses	cc
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 asses	det
51	asses	ass	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 range	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 goats	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 goats	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 goats	det
55	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 range	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 goats	punct
57	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 household	det
58	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 stuffs	nsubj
59	stuffs	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 goats	acl:relcl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 vests	punct
61	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 vests	amod
62	vests	vest	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 goats	conj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 dyes	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 dyes	cc
65	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 dyes	amod
66	dyes	dye	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 vests	conj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 hinds	punct
68	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 hinds	det
69	hinds	hind	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 vests	conj
70	laborious	laborious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 hinds	amod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 bent	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 bent	cc
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 men	det
74	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 bent	nsubj
75	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 bent	compound
76	-	-	PUNCT	_	75 age	punct
77	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 vests	parataxis
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 maidens	punct
79	And	and	CCONJ	_	80 maidens	cc
80	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 bent	obl
81	skilled	skill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	80 maidens	acl
82	in	in	ADP	_	83 work	case
83	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 skilled	obl
84	;	;	PUNCT	_	87 first	punct
85	but	but	CCONJ	_	87 first	cc
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 first	punct
87	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 led	advmod
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 chief	punct
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 chief	cc
90	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 first	obl
91	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	93 Bull	det
92	sable	sable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 Bull	amod
93	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 chief	conj
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 cause	punct
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 cause	det
96	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 Bull	appos
97	of	of	ADP	_	100 war	case
98	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	100 war	det:predet
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 war	det
100	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 cause	nmod
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 led	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Cuchullain	that host		range round Eman's walls Meave's spoil the horses the goats and rich vests and precious dyes and the hinds and the war's sole triumph and countless flocks and the milk yielding and the asses parataxis; first, home property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Theme
2	make	past	Meave	oath			tree rules
3	send	to-infinitive	oath not said here			northward property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	yielding		herds			of the eyed kine	tree rules
5	stuff	present	the household	the goats and rich vests and precious dyes and the hinds not said here			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Destination
6	skill	participle		maidens not said here	work		tree rules
7	spoil		Meave				nom spoil «possession transitive»: poss=agent
8	triumph		the war				nom triumph «event intransitive»: poss=agent
9	cause			all war			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 16, sentence 2