The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 78
These tidings heard, yet higher swelled the acclaim; The Red Branch Knights oft pledged that infant’s health, And prayed that all high gifts of wealth and fame, Great lordship, and great valour, and great wealth Might grace its life, and in the far-off days Compass its head with everlasting praise.
Who acts: tidings, higher, Red Branch Knights, high gifts, off days · What happens: hear, swell, pledge, pray, grace, compass · To what, where: acclaim, life, head, wealth
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 (tidings, higher, Red Branch Knights, high gifts), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 tidings | det |
| 2 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 swelled | punct |
| 5 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 7 swelled | cc |
| 6 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 swelled | nsubj |
| 7 | swelled | swell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heard | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 acclaim | det |
| 9 | acclaim | acclaim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swelled | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 pledged | punct |
| 11 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Knights | det |
| 12 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Knights | flat |
| 13 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Knights | compound |
| 14 | Knights | Knight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 pledged | nsubj |
| 15 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Knights | amod |
| 16 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heard | parataxis |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 health | mark |
| 18 | infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 health | amod |
| 19 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 18 infant | case |
| 20 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pledged | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 prayed | punct |
| 22 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 prayed | cc |
| 23 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 pledged | conj |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 grace | mark |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 gifts | det |
| 26 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 gifts | amod |
| 27 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 grace | nsubj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 wealth | case |
| 29 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gifts | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 fame | cc |
| 31 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 wealth | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 lordship | punct |
| 33 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 lordship | amod |
| 34 | lordship | lordship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gifts | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 valour | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 valour | cc |
| 37 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 valour | amod |
| 38 | valour | valour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 lordship | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 grace | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 grace | cc |
| 41 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 wealth | amod |
| 42 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 grace | nsubj |
| 43 | Might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 grace | aux |
| 44 | grace | grace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 prayed | ccomp |
| 45 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 life | nmod:poss |
| 46 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 grace | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Compass | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 Compass | cc |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 off | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 off | det |
| 51 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 off | amod |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 far | punct |
| 53 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 days | compound |
| 54 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 Compass | nsubj |
| 55 | Compass | compass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 pledged | conj |
| 56 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 head | nmod:poss |
| 57 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Compass | obj |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 60 praise | case |
| 59 | everlasting | everlasting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 praise | amod |
| 60 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Compass | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | participle | this tidings | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | swell | past | higher | the acclaim | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient acclaim=Extent | ||||
| 3 | pledge | past | the Red Branch Knights | infant health ccomp | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pray | past | the Red Branch Knights not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | grace | might | all high gifts of wealth and fame and Great lordship and great valour | valour's life | great wealth nsubj | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Destination | |||
| 6 | compass | present | off days | life's head | with everlasting praise | tree rules | |||
| 7 | gift | wealth and fame | nom gift «possession 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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