The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 14
The Tuathan might have pointed out to his Gaelic conqueror a cairn which still remains on the coast of Sligo, that of Eochy, King of the Firbolgs.
Who acts: cairn · What happens: point out, remain · To what, where: Tuathan, Gaelic conqueror, coast
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: who acts (cairn), 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 Tuathan | det |
| 2 | Tuathan | Tuathan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pointed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pointed | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pointed | aux |
| 5 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 pointed | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 conqueror | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 conqueror | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Gaelic | gaelic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conqueror | amod |
| 10 | conqueror | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pointed | obl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cairn | det |
| 12 | cairn | cairn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conqueror | appos |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 remains | nsubj |
| 14 | still | still | ADV | _ | 15 remains | advmod |
| 15 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cairn | acl:relcl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 coast | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 coast | det |
| 18 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 remains | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Sligo | case |
| 20 | Sligo | Sligo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 coast | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Eochy | punct |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 Eochy | nsubj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Eochy | case |
| 24 | Eochy | Eochy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Sligo | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 King | punct |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Sligo | appos |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Firbolgs | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Firbolgs | det |
| 29 | Firbolgs | Firbolgs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 King | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | might · perfect · passive | the Tuathan | Conel's Gaelic conqueror | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to conqueror=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | remain | present | a cairn | the coast of Sligo and Eochy that | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location |
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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