The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 49
A mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property would restore to light all the best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit not of Ireland’s sons only, but of learning in all lands; and she has still scholars competent to the task.
Who acts: mere fragment, fragment · What happens: restore, light, have · To what, where: best specimens
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 (mere fragment, fragment), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fragment | det |
| 2 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fragment | amod |
| 3 | fragment | fragment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 restore | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 surplus | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 surplus | det |
| 6 | remaining | remaining | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 surplus | amod |
| 7 | surplus | surplus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fragment | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 property | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 property | det |
| 10 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 property | amod |
| 11 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 property | compound |
| 12 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 surplus | nmod |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 restore | aux |
| 14 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 light | mark |
| 16 | light | light | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 restore | xcomp |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 specimens | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 specimens | det |
| 19 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 specimens | amod |
| 20 | specimens | specimen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 light | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 genius | case |
| 22 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 genius | amod |
| 23 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 genius | amod |
| 24 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 specimens | nmod |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 benefit | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 benefit | det |
| 27 | benefit | benefit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 genius | nmod |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 sons | advmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 sons | case |
| 30 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 sons | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Ireland | case |
| 32 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 benefit | nmod |
| 33 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 sons | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 learning | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 learning | cc |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 learning | case |
| 37 | learning | learning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 restore | obl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 lands | case |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 lands | det |
| 40 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 learning | nmod |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 has | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 has | cc |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 has | nsubj |
| 44 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 restore | parataxis |
| 45 | still | still | ADV | _ | 47 competent | advmod |
| 46 | scholars | scholar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 competent | nsubj |
| 47 | competent | competent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 has | xcomp |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 task | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 task | det |
| 50 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 competent | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 restore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restore | would | a mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property | of learning in all lands | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | light | to-infinitive | a mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property not said here | all best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit of Ireland's sons | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent specimen=Product | ||||
| 3 | have | present | fragment | competent property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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