The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 18
They are described as an unwarlike race that worked in mines, and practised magical arts--arts through which, when dispossessed by a stronger foe, they had ‘retired into invisibility,’ living an immortal life among hills and under lakes.
Who acts: unwarlike race, genealogies · What happens: describe, work, practise, dispossess, have, retire · To what, where: genealogies, magical arts, arts, invisibility, immortal life
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 (unwarlike race, genealogies), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 described | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 described | aux:pass |
| 3 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 race | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 race | det |
| 6 | unwarlike | unwarlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 race | amod |
| 7 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 described | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 worked | nsubj |
| 9 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 race | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 mines | case |
| 11 | mines | mine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 worked | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 practised | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 practised | cc |
| 14 | practised | practise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 described | parataxis |
| 15 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 arts | amod |
| 16 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 practised | obj |
| 17 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 18 arts | punct |
| 18 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 arts | conj |
| 19 | through | through | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 dispossessed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 dispossessed | punct |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 dispossessed | advmod |
| 23 | dispossessed | dispossess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 arts | acl:relcl |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 foe | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 foe | det |
| 26 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 foe | amod |
| 27 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 dispossessed | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 had | punct |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 had | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 practised | conj |
| 31 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 retired | punct |
| 32 | retired | retire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 had | xcomp |
| 33 | into | into | ADP | _ | 34 invisibility | case |
| 34 | invisibility | invisibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 retired | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 living | punct |
| 36 | ’ | ' | SYM | _ | 37 living | punct |
| 37 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 retired | conj |
| 38 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 life | det |
| 39 | immortal | immortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 life | amod |
| 40 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 living | obj |
| 41 | among | among | ADP | _ | 42 hills | case |
| 42 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 living | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 lakes | cc |
| 44 | under | under | ADP | _ | 45 lakes | case |
| 45 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 hills | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 described | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · passive | genealogies = genealogy | as a unwarlike race | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as race=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | work | past | a unwarlike race | in mines | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mine=Theme | ||||
| 3 | practise | past | magical arts and arts | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | dispossess | participle | arts | by a stronger foe | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | have | past | genealogies = genealogy | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | retire | participle | genealogies = genealogy not said here | invisibility | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | live | gerund | genealogies = genealogy not said here | a immortal life | among hills and lakes | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=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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