The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 26
One morn as on their glories he descanted, ‘Where are they now?’ his wondering listener said; Then silent stood, like shape to stone enchanted: But when he answered sadly, ‘They are dead,’ She bounded t’ward the on-wavering butterfly, And cried, ‘At least he lives; and so do I!’
Who acts: One morn, stone, silent, listener, Ogham, I · What happens: descant, be, wonder, say, stand, enchant · To what, where: glories, least · 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 (One morn, stone, silent, listener), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 morn | nummod |
| 2 | morn | morn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 descanted | nsubj |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 descanted | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 glories | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 glories | nmod:poss |
| 6 | glories | glory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 descanted | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 descanted | nsubj |
| 8 | descanted | descant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Where | punct |
| 10 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 Where | punct |
| 11 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 descanted | advmod |
| 12 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 said | ccomp |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 said | nsubj |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 said | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 now | punct |
| 16 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 listener | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wondering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 listener | amod |
| 19 | listener | listener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | nsubj |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Where | advcl:relcl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 stood | punct |
| 22 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 silent | advmod |
| 23 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 stood | nsubj |
| 24 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 descanted | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 shape | punct |
| 26 | like | like | ADP | _ | 27 shape | case |
| 27 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 stood | obl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 enchanted | case |
| 29 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 enchanted | nsubj |
| 30 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 stood | parataxis |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 answered | punct |
| 32 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 answered | cc |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 35 answered | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 answered | nsubj |
| 35 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 descanted | parataxis |
| 36 | sadly | sadly | ADV | _ | 35 answered | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 dead | punct |
| 38 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 41 dead | punct |
| 39 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 dead | nsubj |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 dead | cop |
| 41 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 answered | advcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 bounded | punct |
| 43 | ’ | ' | CCONJ | _ | 45 bounded | cc |
| 44 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 bounded | nsubj |
| 45 | bounded | bound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 dead | conj |
| 46 | t’ward | t'ward | ADV | _ | 51 butterfly | advmod |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 butterfly | det |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 butterfly | case |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 on | punct |
| 50 | wavering | waver | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 butterfly | amod |
| 51 | butterfly | butterfly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bounded | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 cried | punct |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 cried | cc |
| 54 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 bounded | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 lives | punct |
| 56 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 60 lives | punct |
| 57 | At | at | ADP | _ | 58 least | case |
| 58 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 60 lives | obl |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 lives | nsubj |
| 60 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 cried | conj |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 do | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 do | cc |
| 63 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 do | advmod |
| 64 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 answered | parataxis |
| 65 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 64 do | nsubj |
| 66 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 64 do | punct |
| 67 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 answered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descant | past | One morn | stone's glories | morn nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | present | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | stone | now | morn's wondering listener nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | stand | past | silent | like shape | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | enchant | past | stone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | answer speech: assert | past | listener | sadly property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is | present | stone | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | bound | past | Ogham | on the wavering butterfly | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on butterfly=Trajectory | ||||
| 10 | waver | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 11 | cry speech: express | past | Ogham not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | live | present | listener | least | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at least=Location | ||||
| 13 | do | present | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 14 | glory | stone | nom glory «state intransitive»: 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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