The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 42

The ‘Legends of St. Patrick’ deal with Ireland’s ‘saintly time,’ and ‘Inisfail’ with those six centuries between the Norman invasion and the repeal of the penal laws in the latter half of the eighteenth century--a period calamitously misrepresented by partisan historians; one in which the wild passions and wilder political theories which, since the first French Revolution, have in so many countries directed high aspirations to mean or fatal ends, had no existence; a period of which ‘all the struggles were characterised by the spirit of liberty, nor less by that of loyalty, whether directed to Gaelic princes, to Norman chiefs who had become Irish, to Charles, or James.’

Who acts: political theories, spirit, Norman chiefs, Patrick · What happens: misrepresent, passion, wilder, have in, direct, mean · To what, where: period, political theories, high aspirations, existence, struggles, Legends

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 (political theories, spirit, Norman chiefs, Patrick), 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 Legends	det
2	‘	'	PUNCT	_	3 Legends	punct
3	Legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 deal	case
5	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Patrick	nmod:desc
6	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 deal	nmod:poss
7	’	's	PART	_	6 Patrick	case
8	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Legends	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	14 time	case
10	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 time	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 Ireland	case
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	14 time	punct
13	saintly	saintly	ADV	_	14 time	advmod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 time	punct
16	’	'	PUNCT	_	14 time	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Inisfail	cc
18	‘	'	PUNCT	_	19 Inisfail	punct
19	Inisfail	Inisfail	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 time	conj
20	’	'	PUNCT	_	19 Inisfail	punct
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 centuries	case
22	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	24 centuries	det
23	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 centuries	nummod
24	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 time	nmod
25	between	between	ADP	_	28 invasion	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 invasion	det
27	Norman	norman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 invasion	amod
28	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 centuries	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 repeal	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 repeal	det
31	repeal	repeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	conj
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 laws	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 laws	det
34	penal	penal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 laws	amod
35	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 repeal	nmod
36	in	in	ADP	_	39 half	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 half	det
38	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 half	amod
39	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	35 laws	nmod
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 century	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 century	det
42	eighteenth	eighteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 century	amod
43	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 half	nmod
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	46 period	punct
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 period	det
46	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Legends	conj
47	calamitously	calamitously	ADV	_	48 misrepresented	advmod
48	misrepresented	misrepresent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 period	acl
49	by	by	ADP	_	51 historians	case
50	partisan	partisan	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 historians	compound
51	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 misrepresented	obl:agent
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 one	punct
53	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 Legends	appos
54	in	in	ADP	_	55 which	case
55	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 passions	nsubj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 passions	det
57	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 passions	amod
58	passions	passion	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 one	acl:relcl
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 wilder	cc
60	wilder	wilder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 one	conj
61	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 theories	amod
62	theories	theory	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 directed	nsubj
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 have	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 which	punct
65	since	since	ADP	_	69 Revolution	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 Revolution	det
67	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	69 Revolution	amod
68	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 Revolution	compound
69	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 have	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 Revolution	punct
71	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 theories	acl:relcl
72	in	in	ADV	_	71 have	advmod
73	so	so	ADV	_	74 many	advmod
74	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 countries	amod
75	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 have	obj
76	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 wilder	ccomp
77	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 aspirations	amod
78	aspirations	aspiration	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 directed	obj
79	to	to	PART	_	80 mean	mark
80	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 aspirations	acl
81	or	or	CCONJ	_	83 ends	cc
82	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 ends	amod
83	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 aspirations	conj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 had	punct
85	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 directed	conj
86	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	87 existence	det
87	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 had	obj
88	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 period	punct
89	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 period	det
90	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 one	appos
91	of	of	ADP	_	92 which	case
92	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	98 characterised	obl
93	‘	'	PUNCT	_	98 characterised	punct
94	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	96 struggles	det:predet
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 struggles	det
96	struggles	struggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	98 characterised	nsubj
97	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 characterised	aux:pass
98	characterised	characteris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 period	acl:relcl
99	by	by	ADP	_	101 spirit	case
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 spirit	det
101	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 characterised	obl
102	of	of	ADP	_	103 liberty	case
103	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 spirit	nmod
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 less	punct
105	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	106 less	cc
106	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	98 characterised	conj
107	by	by	ADP	_	108 that	case
108	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	106 less	obl
109	of	of	ADP	_	110 loyalty	case
110	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 that	nmod
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 directed	punct
112	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	113 directed	mark
113	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	98 characterised	conj
114	to	to	ADP	_	116 princes	case
115	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	116 princes	amod
116	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 directed	obl
117	,	,	PUNCT	_	120 chiefs	punct
118	to	to	ADP	_	120 chiefs	case
119	Norman	norman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	120 chiefs	amod
120	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 directed	conj
121	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	123 become	nsubj
122	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	123 become	aux
123	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	120 chiefs	acl:relcl
124	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	123 become	xcomp
125	,	,	PUNCT	_	127 Charles	punct
126	to	to	ADP	_	127 Charles	case
127	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	113 directed	parataxis
128	,	,	PUNCT	_	130 James	punct
129	or	or	CCONJ	_	130 James	cc
130	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	127 Charles	conj
131	.	.	PUNCT	_	90 period	punct
132	’	'	PUNCT	_	90 period	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	misrepresent	participle		a period not said here		partisan historians obl:agent; calamitously property	tree rules
2	passion					which nsubj	tree rules
3	wilder	present					tree rules
4	have in	present		political theories	since the first French Revolution	many countries obj	tree rules
5	direct	past	political theories	high aspirations or fatal ends			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent aspiration=Eventuality
6	mean	to-infinitive	political theories not said here	high aspirations or fatal ends not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
7	have	past	political theories not said here	no existence			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent existence=Patient
8	characteris	past · passive	the spirit of liberty	all struggles		of a period	tree rules
9	direct	participle	the spirit of liberty not said here			to Gaelic princes; Norman chiefs conj; Charles or James parataxis	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	become	past · perfect	Norman chiefs			irish property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
12	deal		Patrick St.		with Ireland's time with that six centuries between the Norman invasion and Inisfail		nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl
13	repeal			the penal laws in the latter half of the eighteenth century			nom repeal «act transitive»: of=patient

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 42