The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 16
We know not whether the Dun-Aengus had yet lifted its ponderous masses on Aran Island; but two centuries were to go by before Queen Macha traced the foundations of Emania, and five before Queen Meave built the palace of Cruachan.
Who acts: We, two centuries, Queen · What happens: not know, lift, go, trace, build · To what, where: Dun Aengus, Aran Island, foundations, palace
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 (We, two centuries, Queen), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 know | advmod |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 11 lifted | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Aengus | det |
| 6 | Dun | Dun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Aengus | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Dun | punct |
| 8 | Aengus | Aengus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 lifted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lifted | aux |
| 10 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 11 lifted | advmod |
| 11 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 know | advcl |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 masses | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ponderous | ponderous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 masses | amod |
| 14 | masses | mass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lifted | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 Island | case |
| 16 | Aran | Aran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Island | compound |
| 17 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 lifted | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 go | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 go | cc |
| 20 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 centuries | nummod |
| 21 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 go | nsubj |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 go | aux |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 go | mark |
| 24 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 know | parataxis |
| 25 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 29 traced | mark |
| 26 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 29 traced | mark |
| 27 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 traced | nsubj |
| 28 | Macha | Macha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Queen | flat |
| 29 | traced | trace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 go | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 foundations | det |
| 31 | foundations | foundation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 traced | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Emania | case |
| 33 | Emania | Emania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 foundations | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 five | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 five | cc |
| 36 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 traced | obl |
| 37 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 40 built | mark |
| 38 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 built | nsubj |
| 39 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Queen | flat |
| 40 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 traced | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 palace | det |
| 42 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 built | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Cruachan | case |
| 44 | Cruachan | Cruachan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 palace | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present | We | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | lift | past · perfect · passive | the Dun Aengus | Aran Island | yet | Aengus's ponderous masses obj | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme mass=Destination | ||
| 3 | go | past | two centuries | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | trace | past | Queen | the foundations of Emania | five obl | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Theme | |||
| 5 | build | past | Queen | the palace of Cruachan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product |
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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