The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 44
Older, beyond her island bounds she strayed Despite the king; for, ever since her birth, Of nought that tender heart had been afraid: Banshee, or ghost, she heard of, now with mirth, And now with awe, but never with affright; And gladly would have faced them if she might.
Who acts: island, Banshee · What happens: bound, stray, be, hear, face · To what, where: birth
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 (island, Banshee), 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 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 bounds | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bounds | punct |
| 3 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 6 bounds | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 island | nmod:poss |
| 5 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bounds | nsubj |
| 6 | bounds | bound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 strayed | nsubj |
| 8 | strayed | stray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bounds | ccomp |
| 9 | Despite | despite | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 strayed | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 birth | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 birth | case |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 birth | punct |
| 15 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 18 birth | advmod |
| 16 | since | since | ADP | _ | 18 birth | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 birth | nmod:poss |
| 18 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bounds | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 nought | punct |
| 20 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 21 nought | case |
| 21 | nought | nought | PRON | PronType=Neg | 18 birth | appos |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 afraid | nsubj |
| 23 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 heart | compound |
| 24 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 afraid | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 afraid | aux |
| 26 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 afraid | cop |
| 27 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 nought | acl:relcl |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 Banshee | punct |
| 29 | Banshee | Banshee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 heard | nsubj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 ghost | punct |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 ghost | cc |
| 32 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Banshee | appos |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 heard | punct |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 heard | nsubj |
| 35 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 afraid | parataxis |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 heard | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 mirth | punct |
| 38 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 mirth | advmod |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 mirth | case |
| 40 | mirth | mirth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 heard | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 awe | punct |
| 42 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 awe | cc |
| 43 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 awe | advmod |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 awe | case |
| 45 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 afraid | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 affright | punct |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 affright | cc |
| 48 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 50 affright | advmod |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 affright | case |
| 50 | affright | affright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 birth | conj |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 faced | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 faced | cc |
| 53 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 56 faced | advmod |
| 54 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 faced | aux |
| 55 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 faced | aux |
| 56 | faced | face | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 bounds | conj |
| 57 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 faced | obj |
| 58 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 60 might | mark |
| 59 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 might | nsubj |
| 60 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 faced | advcl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bounds | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bound | present | child's island | for child's birth but affright | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stray | past | island | despite the king | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | tender heart nsubj; awe conj; afraid property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | hear | past | Banshee | mirth conj | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | face | would · perfect | child's island not said here | birth | gladly property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination |
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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