The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 82
The tender fairy hand, whose substance fine Glimmered as of compacted moonbeams made With such a stealthy smoothness did it shine, Above the coverlet unquiet strayed; And some one said, ‘It knows the things to be, And seeks its wand of destined empery!’
Who acts: forehead, one · What happens: glimmer, compact, make, shine, stray, say · To what, where: tender fairy hand, compacted moonbeams, coverlet, things, wand · 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 (forehead, one), 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 | 4 hand | det |
| 2 | tender | tender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 3 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Glimmered | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 substance | punct |
| 6 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 substance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hand | conj |
| 8 | fine | fine | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Glimmered | aux:pass |
| 9 | Glimmered | glimmer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 13 moonbeams | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 as | fixed |
| 12 | compacted | compact | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 moonbeams | amod |
| 13 | moonbeams | moonbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 shine | obl |
| 14 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 moonbeams | acl |
| 15 | With | with | ADP | _ | 19 smoothness | case |
| 16 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 smoothness | det:predet |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 smoothness | det |
| 18 | stealthy | stealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 smoothness | amod |
| 19 | smoothness | smoothness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 made | obl |
| 20 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 shine | aux |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 shine | nsubj |
| 22 | shine | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 Glimmered | parataxis |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 coverlet | punct |
| 24 | Above | above | ADP | _ | 26 coverlet | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 coverlet | det |
| 26 | coverlet | coverlet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shine | obj |
| 27 | unquiet | unquiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 coverlet | amod |
| 28 | strayed | stray | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 unquiet | xcomp |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 said | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 said | cc |
| 31 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 one | det |
| 32 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 said | nsubj |
| 33 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Glimmered | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 knows | punct |
| 35 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 knows | punct |
| 36 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 knows | nsubj |
| 37 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 said | ccomp |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 things | det |
| 39 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 knows | obj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 be | mark |
| 41 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 knows | ccomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 seeks | punct |
| 43 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 seeks | cc |
| 44 | seeks | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Glimmered | parataxis |
| 45 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 wand | nmod:poss |
| 46 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 seeks | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 empery | case |
| 48 | destined | destine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 empery | amod |
| 49 | empery | empery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 wand | nmod |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 44 seeks | punct |
| 51 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 Glimmered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glimmer | past · passive | the tender fairy hand and the tender fairy hand and the tender fairy hand's substance's substance | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | compact | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | make | participle | compacted moonbeams not said here | with such stealthy smoothness | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | shine | past · do-support | forehead | the coverlet | as compacted moonbeams | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme | |||
| 5 | stray | participle | forehead not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | some one | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | know | present | forehead | the things | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | be | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 9 | seek | present | forehead's wand of destined empery | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme | |||||
| 10 | destine | participle | tree rules |
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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