The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 52
The English reader is more likely to be already acquainted with Dr. O’Donovan’s great translation of the ‘Annals of the Four Masters;’ with the works of Dr. Petrie, of Dr. Todd, and Dr. Reeves; with the ‘Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,’ translated, as well as many ancient tales, by Mr. W. M. Hessessy; with Dr. Joyce’s ‘Old Celtic Romances;’ and with Mr. Standish O’Grady’s brilliant bardic ‘History of Ireland.’
Who acts: English reader, Standish, Annals, Petrie, W. · What happens: be, acquaint, translate, history, work, tell · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (English reader, Standish, Annals, Petrie), 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 reader | det |
| 2 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reader | amod |
| 3 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 likely | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 likely | cop |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 likely | advmod |
| 6 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 acquainted | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 acquainted | aux:pass |
| 9 | already | already | ADV | _ | 10 acquainted | advmod |
| 10 | acquainted | acquaint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 likely | xcomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 translation | case |
| 12 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 O’Donovan | nmod:desc |
| 13 | O’Donovan | O'Donovan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 translation | nmod:poss |
| 14 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 13 O’Donovan | case |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 translation | amod |
| 16 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 acquainted | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Annals | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Annals | det |
| 19 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 Annals | punct |
| 20 | Annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 translation | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Masters | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Masters | det |
| 23 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 Masters | nummod |
| 24 | Masters | Master | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 Annals | nmod |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| 26 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 works | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 works | det |
| 29 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 likely | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Petrie | case |
| 31 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Petrie | nmod:desc |
| 32 | Petrie | Petrie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 works | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Todd | punct |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Todd | case |
| 35 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Todd | nmod:desc |
| 36 | Todd | Todd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Petrie | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Reeves | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 Reeves | cc |
| 39 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Reeves | nmod:desc |
| 40 | Reeves | reeve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 Petrie | conj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 translated | punct |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 Life | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Life | det |
| 44 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 45 Tripartite | punct |
| 45 | Tripartite | Tripartite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Life | compound |
| 46 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 translated | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Patrick | case |
| 48 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Patrick | nmod:desc |
| 49 | Patrick | Patrick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 translated | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 translated | punct |
| 51 | ’ | ' | ADV | _ | 52 translated | advmod |
| 52 | translated | translate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 likely | parataxis |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 tales | punct |
| 54 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 59 tales | cc |
| 55 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 54 as | fixed |
| 56 | as | as | ADP | _ | 54 as | fixed |
| 57 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 tales | amod |
| 58 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 tales | amod |
| 59 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 translated | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 W. | punct |
| 61 | by | by | ADP | _ | 63 W. | case |
| 62 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 W. | nmod:desc |
| 63 | W. | W. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 tales | nmod |
| 64 | M. | M. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 W. | flat |
| 65 | Hessessy | Hessessy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 W. | flat |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 74 Romances | punct |
| 67 | with | with | ADP | _ | 74 Romances | case |
| 68 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Joyce | nmod:desc |
| 69 | Joyce | Joyce | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 Romances | nsubj |
| 70 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 69 Joyce | case |
| 71 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 74 Romances | punct |
| 72 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 Romances | amod |
| 73 | Celtic | celtic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 Romances | amod |
| 74 | Romances | romance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 translated | conj |
| 75 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| 76 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 86 History | cc |
| 78 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 86 History | mark |
| 79 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 Standish | nmod:desc |
| 80 | Standish | Standish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 86 History | nsubj |
| 81 | O’Grady | O'Grady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 Standish | flat |
| 82 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 80 Standish | case |
| 83 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 History | amod |
| 84 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 History | amod |
| 85 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 86 History | punct |
| 86 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 likely | conj |
| 87 | of | of | ADP | _ | 88 Ireland | case |
| 88 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 86 History | nmod |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| 90 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the English reader | with the works of Petrie Dr. and Todd Dr. and Reeves Dr.; likely property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | acquaint speech: other | to-infinitive · passive | the English reader not said here | with O’Donovan Dr.'s great translation of the Annals of the Four Masters | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» | ||||
| 3 | translate | participle | with the Tripartite Life; of Patrick St.; many ancient tales by W. Mr. conj; Old Celtic Romances Joyce Dr. conj | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | history | Standish Mr. | of Ireland | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | translate | the Annals of the Four Masters | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | work | Petrie Dr. and Todd Dr. and Reeves Dr. | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | tell | W. Mr. | nom tale «communication intransitive»: by=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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