The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 1
The mode in which the pagan legend sometimes put on a Christian interpretation is especially illustrated in the ‘Children of Lir.’
What happens: put, illustrate · To what, where: pagan legend, mode
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mode | det |
| 2 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 illustrated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 put | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 legend | det |
| 6 | pagan | pagan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 legend | amod |
| 7 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 put | advmod |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 mode | acl:relcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 interpretation | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 interpretation | det |
| 12 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 interpretation | amod |
| 13 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 illustrated | aux:pass |
| 15 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 16 illustrated | advmod |
| 16 | illustrated | illustrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 Children | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Children | det |
| 19 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 Children | punct |
| 20 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 illustrated | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Lir | case |
| 22 | Lir | Lir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Children | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 illustrated | punct |
| 24 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 illustrated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | participle · passive | the pagan legend | the mode | on a Christian interpretation; sometimes property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on interpretation=Destination | |||
| 2 | illustrate | present · passive | the mode | in the Children of Lir; especially property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
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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