The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 88
‘A death to mighty hosts that face shall be: Through her a king shall pass to banishment: Through her shall perish Usnach’s peerless Three; Through her from sacred Eman’s[9] roofs fire-rent Even now I see the reddening smoke-cloud leap: Deirdré her name.
Who acts: mighty hosts, king, roofs, I, death · What happens: face, be, perish, rent, see, redden · To what, where: Usnach, sacred Eman
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 (mighty hosts, king, roofs, I), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 be | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 death | det |
| 3 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 be | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 hosts | case |
| 5 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hosts | amod |
| 6 | hosts | host | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 death | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 face | nsubj |
| 8 | face | face | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hosts | acl:relcl |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 be | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 pass | cop |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 pass | punct |
| 12 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 13 her | case |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 pass | obl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pass | nsubj |
| 16 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 pass | aux |
| 17 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 banishment | case |
| 19 | banishment | banishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pass | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 perish | punct |
| 21 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 22 her | case |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 perish | obl |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 perish | aux |
| 24 | perish | perish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 pass | conj |
| 25 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 perish | obj |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 Usnach | case |
| 27 | peerless | peerless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Three | amod |
| 28 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 Usnach | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 perish | punct |
| 30 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 31 her | case |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 perish | obl |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 Eman | case |
| 33 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Eman | amod |
| 34 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 perish | obl |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 Eman | case |
| 36 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 37 9 | punct |
| 37 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 34 Eman | appos |
| 38 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 37 9 | punct |
| 39 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 rent | nsubj |
| 40 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rent | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 fire | punct |
| 42 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 9 | acl:relcl |
| 43 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 44 now | advmod |
| 44 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 see | advmod |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 see | nsubj |
| 46 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 perish | advcl |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 leap | det |
| 48 | reddening | redden | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 leap | nsubj |
| 49 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 leap | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 smoke | punct |
| 51 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 leap | compound |
| 52 | leap | leap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 see | obj |
| 53 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 54 Deirdré | punct |
| 54 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 leap | appos |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 name | nmod:poss |
| 56 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 Deirdré | appos |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 pass | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | face | present | mighty hosts | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | shall · infinitive | a king | through death; to banishment; pass property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | perish | shall | a king not said here | Usnach peerless Three | sacred Eman | through death; through death | tree rules | ||
| 4 | rent | roofs | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | see | present | I | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | redden | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | leap | Deirdré appos | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | name | death | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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