The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 34
The best characteristics of Irish legends, a certain swiftness and daring, a wildness of invention, a power that in its fiercest moods is often subtly combined with grace, and a tenderness as often alternated with humour, are found chiefly in the earlier.
What happens: combine, alternate, find · To what, where: power, tenderness, best characteristics, earlier
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: 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 | 3 characteristics | det |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 characteristics | amod |
| 3 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 legends | case |
| 5 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legends | amod |
| 6 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 characteristics | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 swiftness | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 swiftness | det |
| 9 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 swiftness | amod |
| 10 | swiftness | swiftness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 legends | appos |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 daring | cc |
| 12 | daring | daring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swiftness | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wildness | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 wildness | det |
| 15 | wildness | wildness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swiftness | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 invention | case |
| 17 | invention | invention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wildness | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 power | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 power | det |
| 20 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swiftness | conj |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 combined | obl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 moods | case |
| 23 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 moods | nmod:poss |
| 24 | fiercest | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 25 moods | amod |
| 25 | moods | mood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 that | obl |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 combined | aux:pass |
| 27 | often | often | ADV | _ | 29 combined | advmod |
| 28 | subtly | subtly | ADV | _ | 29 combined | advmod |
| 29 | combined | combine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 power | acl:relcl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 grace | case |
| 31 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 combined | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 tenderness | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 tenderness | cc |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 tenderness | det |
| 35 | tenderness | tenderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 characteristics | conj |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 alternated | mark |
| 37 | often | often | ADV | _ | 38 alternated | advmod |
| 38 | alternated | alternate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 tenderness | acl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 humour | case |
| 40 | humour | humour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 alternated | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 characteristics | punct |
| 42 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 found | aux:pass |
| 43 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 44 | chiefly | chiefly | ADV | _ | 43 found | advmod |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 earlier | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 earlier | det |
| 47 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 43 found | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 43 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | combine | present · passive | a power | with grace; often, subtly property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with grace=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | alternate | participle | a tenderness not said here | with humour; often property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with humour=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | find | present · passive | the best characteristics of Irish legends and a tenderness | the earlier | chiefly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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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