The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 12
With her abode an ancient dame, The tale-recounter of the royal court In years departed; Levarcam her name: None other to that island made resort Save now and then treading the downward rocks Some shepherd with the firstling of his flocks.
Who acts: you, Deirdré · What happens: depart, make, save, tread, name · To what, where: years, None other island made resort, downward rocks
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Deirdré), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 abode | case |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 abode | nmod:poss |
| 3 | abode | abode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Save | obl |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dame | det |
| 5 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dame | amod |
| 6 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 abode | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 recounter | punct |
| 8 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 recounter | det |
| 9 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 recounter | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 tale | punct |
| 11 | recounter | recounter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dame | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 court | det |
| 14 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 court | amod |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 recounter | nmod |
| 16 | In | in | ADP | _ | 17 years | case |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 court | nmod |
| 18 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 years | acl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 name | punct |
| 20 | Levarcam | Levarcam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 name | compound |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 name | nmod:poss |
| 22 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 abode | conj |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 resort | punct |
| 24 | None | none | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 resort | amod |
| 25 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 resort | amod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 island | case |
| 27 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 island | det |
| 28 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 resort | compound |
| 29 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 resort | amod |
| 30 | resort | resort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Save | obl |
| 31 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 32 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 Save | advmod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 treading | cc |
| 34 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 treading | advmod |
| 35 | treading | tread | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 Save | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 rocks | det |
| 37 | downward | downward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 rocks | compound |
| 38 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 treading | obj |
| 39 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 shepherd | det |
| 40 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 treading | obj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 firstling | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 firstling | det |
| 43 | firstling | firstling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 treading | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 flocks | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 flocks | nmod:poss |
| 46 | flocks | flock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 firstling | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 31 Save | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | participle | years not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 3 | save | imperative | you not said here | None other island made resort | now | with Deirdré's abode and a ancient dame and Deirdré's Levarcam name | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 4 | tread | gerund | you not said here | the downward rocks | then | with the firstling of shepherd's flocks; some shepherd obj | tree rules | ||
| 5 | name | Deirdré | 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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