The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 22
The idea of fate enters into it as strongly as into any Greek play, its heroine, the ‘Babe of Destiny,’ being, of all those who have a part in the tale, the one least subdued by that destiny which she strives in vain to avert.
Who acts: idea, destiny · What happens: enter, be, have, subdue, strive, avert · To what, where: fate, part, tale, one, vain
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 (idea, destiny), 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 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enters | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 fate | case |
| 4 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 idea | nmod |
| 5 | enters | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 enters | obl |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 strongly | advmod |
| 9 | strongly | strongly | ADV | _ | 5 enters | advmod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 play | case |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 play | case |
| 12 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 play | det |
| 13 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 play | amod |
| 14 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enters | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 heroine | punct |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 heroine | nmod:poss |
| 17 | heroine | heroine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 play | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Babe | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Babe | det |
| 20 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 Babe | punct |
| 21 | Babe | Babe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 heroine | appos |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Destiny | case |
| 23 | Destiny | Destiny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Babe | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 ’ | punct |
| 25 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 play | punct |
| 26 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 those | cop |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 those | punct |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 those | case |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 those | det:predet |
| 30 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 14 play | nmod |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 have | nsubj |
| 32 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 those | acl:relcl |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 part | det |
| 34 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 tale | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tale | det |
| 37 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 one | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 one | det |
| 40 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 tale | appos |
| 41 | least | least | ADV | Degree=Sup | 42 subdued | advmod |
| 42 | subdued | subdue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 one | acl |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 destiny | case |
| 44 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 destiny | det |
| 45 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 subdued | obl |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 strives | nsubj |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 strives | nsubj |
| 48 | strives | strive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 destiny | acl:relcl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 vain | case |
| 50 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 strives | obj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 avert | mark |
| 52 | avert | avert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 vain | xcomp |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 enters | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | present | the idea of fate | fate | as any Greek play and idea's heroine; strongly property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into it=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | is | gerund | of those | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have | present | a part | the tale | who nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | |||
| 4 | subdue | participle | the one not said here | by that destiny; least property | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | strive | present | that destiny | vain | Destiny nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | avert | to-infinitive | that destiny not said here | tree rules |
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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