The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 21
To me it seems that each work is structurally complete in itself; but that, in spirit, the two are strikingly unlike, the ‘Tain’ being essentially epic, while the ‘Sons of Usnach’ is a tragedy cast in a narrative form.
Who acts: it, work, two, Sons · What happens: seem, be, cast · To what, where: me, tragedy, narrative form
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 (it, work, two, Sons), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 me | case |
| 2 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 seems | obl |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 seems | nsubj |
| 4 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 complete | mark |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 work | det |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 complete | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 complete | cop |
| 9 | structurally | structurally | ADV | _ | 10 complete | advmod |
| 10 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 seems | ccomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 itself | case |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 complete | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 spirit | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 spirit | cc |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 spirit | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 spirit | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 spirit | case |
| 18 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seems | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 unlike | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 two | det |
| 21 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 unlike | nsubj |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 unlike | cop |
| 23 | strikingly | strikingly | ADV | _ | 24 unlike | advmod |
| 24 | unlike | unlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 spirit | parataxis |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Tain | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Tain | det |
| 27 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 Tain | punct |
| 28 | Tain | tain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 unlike | appos |
| 29 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 Tain | punct |
| 30 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 epic | cop |
| 31 | essentially | essentially | ADV | _ | 32 epic | advmod |
| 32 | epic | epic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 unlike | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 tragedy | punct |
| 34 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 43 tragedy | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Sons | det |
| 36 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 Sons | punct |
| 37 | Sons | Son | PROPN | Number=Plur | 43 tragedy | nsubj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Usnach | case |
| 39 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Sons | nmod |
| 40 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 Sons | punct |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 tragedy | cop |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 tragedy | det |
| 43 | tragedy | tragedy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 epic | conj |
| 44 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 tragedy | acl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 form | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 form | det |
| 47 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 form | compound |
| 48 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 cast | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 seems | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | it | me | spirit that conj | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | each work | in work; complete, structurally property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the two | the Tain appos; strikingly, unlike property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | gerund | the two not said here | epic, essentially property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the Sons of Usnach | a tragedy | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | cast | participle | a tragedy not said here | a narrative form | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in form=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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