The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 42
But when she found within the Master’s face, Not wrath--for that she looked--but awe-struck woe, A change there passed, too swift for eye to trace, Athwart her rain-dark eyes, and front of snow; And straight the child, by love’s remorse possessed, Kissed with her whole bright face that Druid’s breast.
Who acts: stave · What happens: find, look, strike, pass, trace, possess · To what, where: front, change, remorse
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 (stave), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 looked | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 found | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 looked | advcl |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Master | det |
| 7 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 Master | case |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wrath | punct |
| 11 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 wrath | advmod |
| 12 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 face | conj |
| 13 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 that | case |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 found | obl |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 looked | nsubj |
| 17 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 23 woe | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 woe | cc |
| 20 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 struck | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 awe | punct |
| 22 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 woe | amod |
| 23 | woe | woe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 looked | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 change | punct |
| 25 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 change | det |
| 26 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 woe | appos |
| 27 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 passed | advmod |
| 28 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 change | acl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 swift | punct |
| 30 | too | too | ADV | _ | 31 swift | advmod |
| 31 | swift | swift | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 woe | parataxis |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 eye | case |
| 33 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 swift | obl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 trace | mark |
| 35 | trace | trace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 swift | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 eyes | punct |
| 37 | Athwart | athwart | ADP | _ | 42 eyes | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 39 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dark | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 rain | punct |
| 41 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 eyes | amod |
| 42 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 trace | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 front | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 front | cc |
| 45 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 looked | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 snow | case |
| 47 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 front | nmod |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 child | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 child | cc |
| 50 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 52 child | advmod |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 child | det |
| 52 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 looked | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 remorse | punct |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 remorse | case |
| 55 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 remorse | nmod:poss |
| 56 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 55 love | case |
| 57 | remorse | remorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 child | appos |
| 58 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 remorse | acl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 Kissed | punct |
| 60 | Kissed | kiss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 remorse | acl |
| 61 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 face | case |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 face | nmod:poss |
| 63 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 face | amod |
| 64 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 face | amod |
| 65 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 Kissed | obl |
| 66 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 69 breast | mark |
| 67 | Druid | Druid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 breast | nmod:poss |
| 68 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 67 Druid | case |
| 69 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 face | acl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | stave | within the Master's face and wrath; for that | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for that=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | look | past | stave | front of snow | struck woe parataxis; the child conj | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | strike | participle | awe compound | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | pass | participle | a change not said here | there | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | trace | to-infinitive | stave not said here | athwart stave's dark eyes | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | possess | participle | love's remorse not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 7 | kiss | participle | love's remorse not said here | with stave's whole bright face Druid's breast | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=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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