The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 2

Wondering they heard, but no man made reply, For Conor’s will was lord to all and each, A man of counsel deep, and purpose high, In action sudden, sparing of his speech: Early he won the people to his will: Ere long they feared him: but they loved him still.

Who acts: Conor, destinies, man · What happens: wonder, hear, make, lor, spare, win · To what, where: reply, man, Conor, people · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Conor, destinies, man), 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	Wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 heard	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reply	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 reply	cc
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reply	nmod:poss
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 man	acl
9	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lord	punct
11	For	for	SCONJ	_	16 lord	mark
12	Conor	Conor	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 lord	nsubj:pass
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 Conor	case
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 lord	aux
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 lord	aux:pass
16	lord	lor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heard	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 lord	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 each	cc
20	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 lord	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 deep	punct
22	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 man	det
23	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 deep	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 counsel	case
25	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 man	nmod
26	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heard	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 high	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 high	cc
29	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 high	compound
30	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heard	parataxis
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 action	punct
32	In	in	ADP	_	33 action	case
33	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 high	conj
34	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 action	amod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 sparing	punct
36	sparing	spare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 heard	advcl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 speech	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 speech	nmod:poss
39	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 sparing	obl
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 won	punct
41	Early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	43 won	advmod
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 won	nsubj
43	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	parataxis
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 people	det
45	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 won	obj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 will	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 will	nmod:poss
48	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 won	advcl
49	:	:	PUNCT	_	53 feared	punct
50	Ere	ere	ADV	_	51 long	advmod
51	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 feared	advmod
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 feared	nsubj
53	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 feared	obj
55	:	:	PUNCT	_	58 loved	punct
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 loved	cc
57	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 loved	nsubj
58	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 loved	obj
60	still	still	ADV	_	58 loved	advmod
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund					vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hear	past		no man's reply		destinies = destiny nsubj	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	make	participle		no man not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	lor	future · passive		Conor		to all	tree rules
5	spare	gerund				of man's speech	vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent
6	win	past	Conor	the people		early property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality
7	fear	past	destinies = destiny	man		long property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
8	love	past	destinies = destiny	man	still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
9	reply		no man				nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent
10	speak		man				nom speech «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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 2