The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 9
A prose translation of this tale, among the earliest at once and the most signally modified of the Irish legends, was made by my early friend, Gerald Griffin,[4] a man who, when certain to attain the first place among Irish popular writers, passed it by for a humble one among the ‘Christian Brothers.’
Who acts: early friend, Irish popular writers, tale · What happens: modify, make, attain, pass, translate · To what, where: prose translation, first place, place
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 (early friend, Irish popular writers, tale), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 translation | det |
| 2 | prose | prose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 translation | amod |
| 3 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tale | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 tale | det |
| 6 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 translation | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 earliest | punct |
| 8 | among | among | ADP | _ | 10 earliest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 earliest | det |
| 10 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 translation | parataxis |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 once | case |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 earliest | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 modified | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 most | det |
| 15 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 16 signally | advmod |
| 16 | signally | signally | ADV | _ | 17 modified | advmod |
| 17 | modified | modify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 earliest | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 legends | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 legends | det |
| 20 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 legends | amod |
| 21 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 modified | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 translation | punct |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | aux:pass |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 friend | case |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 friend | nmod:poss |
| 27 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 friend | amod |
| 28 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | obl:agent |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Gerald | punct |
| 30 | Gerald | Gerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 friend | appos |
| 31 | Griffin | Griffin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Gerald | flat |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 4 | punct |
| 33 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 34 4 | punct |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 made | appos |
| 35 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 34 4 | punct |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 man | det |
| 37 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | obj |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 certain | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 certain | punct |
| 40 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 41 certain | mark |
| 41 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 man | acl:relcl |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 attain | mark |
| 43 | attain | attain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 certain | ccomp |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 place | det |
| 45 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 46 place | amod |
| 46 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 attain | obj |
| 47 | among | among | ADP | _ | 50 writers | case |
| 48 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 writers | amod |
| 49 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 writers | amod |
| 50 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 place | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 passed | punct |
| 52 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 writers | acl |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 passed | obj |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 58 one | case |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 one | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 one | det |
| 57 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 one | amod |
| 58 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 passed | obl |
| 59 | among | among | ADP | _ | 63 Brothers | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Brothers | det |
| 61 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 Brothers | punct |
| 62 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 Brothers | amod |
| 63 | Brothers | Brother | PROPN | Number=Plur | 58 one | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
| 65 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | modify | participle | my early friend not said here | of the Irish legends; signally property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | my early friend | a prose translation of this tale | 4 appos; a man obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset subject=Beneficiary man=Product | |||
| 3 | attain | to-infinitive | my early friend not said here | the first place | among Irish popular writers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||
| 4 | pass | participle | Irish popular writers not said here | place | by a humble one among the Christian Brothers | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme by one=Destination | |||
| 5 | translate | this tale | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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