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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

detamodnsubj:passcaseamodnmodpunctdetamodapposccconjpunctdetconjcasenmodpunctdetconjoblcasenmod:possamodoblaux:passadvmodadvmodacl:relclcaseoblpunctccdetconjmarkadvmodaclcaseoblpunctaux:passadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETbestADJcharacteristicsNOUNofADPIrishADJlegendsNOUN,PUNCTaDETcertainADJswiftnessNOUNandCCONJdaringNOUN,PUNCTaDETwildnessNOUNofADPinventionNOUN,PUNCTaDETpowerNOUNthatPRONinADPitsPRONfiercestADJmoodsNOUNisAUXoftenADVsubtlyADVcombinedVERBwithADPgraceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJaDETtendernessNOUNasSCONJoftenADValternatedVERBwithADPhumourNOUN,PUNCTareAUXfoundVERBchieflyADVinADPtheDETearlierADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 characteristicsdet
2bestgoodADJDegree=Sup3 characteristicsamod
3characteristicscharacteristicNOUNNumber=Plur43 foundnsubj:pass
4ofofADP_6 legendscase
5IrishIrishADJDegree=Pos6 legendsamod
6legendslegendNOUNNumber=Plur3 characteristicsnmod
7,,PUNCT_10 swiftnesspunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 swiftnessdet
9certaincertainADJDegree=Pos10 swiftnessamod
10swiftnessswiftnessNOUNNumber=Sing6 legendsappos
11andandCCONJ_12 daringcc
12daringdaringNOUNNumber=Sing10 swiftnessconj
13,,PUNCT_15 wildnesspunct
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 wildnessdet
15wildnesswildnessNOUNNumber=Sing10 swiftnessconj
16ofofADP_17 inventioncase
17inventioninventionNOUNNumber=Sing15 wildnessnmod
18,,PUNCT_20 powerpunct
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 powerdet
20powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing10 swiftnessconj
21thatthatPRONPronType=Rel29 combinedobl
22ininADP_25 moodscase
23itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 moodsnmod:poss
24fiercestfierceADJDegree=Sup25 moodsamod
25moodsmoodNOUNNumber=Plur21 thatobl
26isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 combinedaux:pass
27oftenoftenADV_29 combinedadvmod
28subtlysubtlyADV_29 combinedadvmod
29combinedcombineVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 poweracl:relcl
30withwithADP_31 gracecase
31gracegraceNOUNNumber=Sing29 combinedobl
32,,PUNCT_35 tendernesspunct
33andandCCONJ_35 tendernesscc
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 tendernessdet
35tendernesstendernessNOUNNumber=Sing3 characteristicsconj
36asasSCONJ_38 alternatedmark
37oftenoftenADV_38 alternatedadvmod
38alternatedalternateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 tendernessacl
39withwithADP_40 humourcase
40humourhumourNOUNNumber=Sing38 alternatedobl
41,,PUNCT_3 characteristicspunct
42arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin43 foundaux:pass
43foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
44chieflychieflyADV_43 foundadvmod
45ininADP_47 earliercase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 earlierdet
47earlierearlyADJDegree=Cmp43 foundobl
48..PUNCT_43 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1combinepresent · passivea powerwith grace; often, subtly propertyvn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with grace=Co-Patient
2alternateparticiplea tenderness not said herewith humour; often propertyvn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with humour=Co-Patient
3findpresent · passivethe best characteristics of Irish legends and a tendernessthe earlierchiefly propertyvn 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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