The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 22
Yet oft he came, watching that flower of beauty That still from crude, reluctant bud emerged; And citing still past vow, and future duty Impledged thereby; and still with presents urged; And ever reaped for such more scoffs than gain-- Officious is his zeal whose hope is vain!
Who acts: man, Officious, hope · What happens: come, watch, emerge, cite, impledg, urge · To what, where: flower, crude reluctant bud, past vow, future duty, presents, zeal
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 (man, Officious, hope), 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 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 2 oft | cc |
| 2 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 oft | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 watching | punct |
| 6 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 came | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 flower | det |
| 8 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watching | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 beauty | case |
| 10 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flower | nmod |
| 11 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 bud | nsubj |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 17 bud | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 bud | case |
| 14 | crude | crude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bud | amod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 crude | punct |
| 16 | reluctant | reluctant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bud | amod |
| 17 | bud | bud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 beauty | acl:relcl |
| 18 | emerged | emerge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 bud | acl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 citing | punct |
| 20 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 citing | cc |
| 21 | citing | cite | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 oft | conj |
| 22 | still | still | ADV | _ | 23 past | advmod |
| 23 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 vow | amod |
| 24 | vow | vow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 citing | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 duty | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 duty | cc |
| 27 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 duty | amod |
| 28 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 citing | parataxis |
| 29 | Impledged | impledg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 duty | acl |
| 30 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 29 Impledged | advmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 oft | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 presents | cc |
| 33 | still | still | ADV | _ | 35 presents | advmod |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 presents | case |
| 35 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 ; | conj |
| 36 | urged | urge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 presents | acl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 reaped | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 reaped | cc |
| 39 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 40 reaped | advmod |
| 40 | reaped | reap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 oft | conj |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 scoffs | case |
| 42 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 scoffs | amod |
| 43 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 44 scoffs | amod |
| 44 | scoffs | scoff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 reaped | obl |
| 45 | than | than | ADP | _ | 46 gain | case |
| 46 | gain | gain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 scoffs | nmod |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 zeal | punct |
| 48 | Officious | Officious | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 zeal | nsubj |
| 49 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 zeal | cop |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 zeal | nmod:poss |
| 51 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 reaped | obl |
| 52 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 53 hope | nmod:poss |
| 53 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 vain | nsubj |
| 54 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 vain | cop |
| 55 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 zeal | acl:relcl |
| 56 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 oft | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | man not said here | that flower of beauty from crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | ||||
| 3 | emerge | participle | crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | cite | gerund | past vow | future duty parataxis | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | ||||
| 5 | impledg | participle | future duty not said here | thereby property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | urge | participle | presents not said here | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | reap | participle | ever | for such more scoffs than gain | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is a | present | Officious | man's zeal | man nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 9 | is | present | hope | vain property | 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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