The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 51
Several have appeared in the ‘Atlantis,’ a periodical established in connection with the Catholic University of Ireland when Cardinal Newman was its rector, in the publications of the ‘Ossianic Society,’ of the ‘Irish Archæological and Celtic Society,’ and of the ‘Kilkenny Archæological Society.’
Who acts: Cardinal · What happens: appear, establish, be, publish · To what, where: Several, Atlantis, periodical, connection, rector, Ossianic Society
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 (Cardinal), 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 | Several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 appeared | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 appeared | aux |
| 3 | appeared | appear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Atlantis | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Atlantis | det |
| 6 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 Atlantis | punct |
| 7 | Atlantis | atlantis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 periodical | punct |
| 9 | ’ | ' | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 periodical | det:predet |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 periodical | det |
| 11 | periodical | periodical | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Atlantis | appos |
| 12 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 periodical | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 connection | case |
| 14 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 established | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 University | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 University | det |
| 17 | Catholic | Catholic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 University | compound |
| 18 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 connection | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Ireland | case |
| 20 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 University | nmod |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 rector | advmod |
| 22 | Cardinal | Cardinal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 rector | nsubj |
| 23 | Newman | Newman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Cardinal | flat |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 rector | cop |
| 25 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 rector | nmod:poss |
| 26 | rector | rector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 established | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 publications | punct |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 publications | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 publications | det |
| 30 | publications | publication | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appeared | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Society | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Society | det |
| 33 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 Ossianic | punct |
| 34 | Ossianic | Ossianic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Society | compound |
| 35 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 publications | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 publications | punct |
| 37 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 publications | punct |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Society | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Society | det |
| 40 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 42 Archæological | punct |
| 41 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Archæological | amod |
| 42 | Archæological | Archæological | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Society | compound |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 Celtic | cc |
| 44 | Celtic | Celtic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Archæological | conj |
| 45 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 publications | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 ’ | punct |
| 47 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 45 Society | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 Society | cc |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Society | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Society | det |
| 51 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 54 Society | punct |
| 52 | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Archæological | compound |
| 53 | Archæological | Archæological | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Society | compound |
| 54 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Society | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 54 Society | punct |
| 56 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 54 Society | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present · perfect · passive | Several | the Atlantis | in the publications of the Ossianic Society of the Archæological Society and the Archæological Society | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | ' periodical not said here | connection with the Catholic University of Ireland | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | Cardinal | University's rector | University nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 4 | publish | the Ossianic Society | nom publication «communication 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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