The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 52

Of Scota next she told, the widowed Queen; And how that sad one left her lonely throne Girt by eight sons; and how, with eye serene, She marked above the wine-black ocean prone The monsters rise; nor feared to watch the wave Heaven-high, anon descending to its grave.

Who acts: Scota, sad one, monsters, anon · What happens: tell, widow, leave, mark, rise, fear · To what, where: Queen, lonely throne, black ocean prone, wave, grave · 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 (Scota, sad one, monsters, anon), 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	Of	of	ADP	_	2 Scota	case
2	Scota	Scota	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
3	next	next	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 widowed	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 widowed	det
8	widowed	widow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 told	ccomp
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 widowed	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
11	And	and	CCONJ	_	16 left	cc
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 left	advmod
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 one	det
14	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	nsubj
16	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	conj
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 throne	nmod:poss
18	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 throne	amod
19	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obj
20	Girt	Girt	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 throne	appos
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 sons	case
22	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 sons	nummod
23	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 left	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 serene	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 serene	cc
26	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	30 serene	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 eye	punct
28	with	with	ADP	_	29 eye	case
29	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 serene	obl
30	serene	serene	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 told	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 marked	punct
32	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 marked	nsubj
33	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 serene	conj
34	above	above	ADP	_	40 prone	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 prone	det
36	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 black	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 wine	punct
38	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 prone	amod
39	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 prone	compound
40	prone	prone	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 marked	obl
41	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 monsters	det
42	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 rise	nsubj
43	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 prone	acl:relcl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 feared	punct
45	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	46 feared	cc
46	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 watch	mark
48	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 feared	xcomp
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 wave	det
50	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 watch	obj
51	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 wave	appos
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	53 high	punct
53	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Heaven	amod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 anon	punct
55	anon	anon	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 wave	appos
56	descending	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	55 anon	acl
57	to	to	ADP	_	59 grave	case
58	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 grave	nmod:poss
59	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 descending	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Scota			of Scota; next property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	widow	participle		Queen			vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
3	leave	past	that sad one	Scota's lonely throne		by eight sons	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent throne=Theme by son=Location
4	mark	past	Scota		the black ocean prone		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent above prone=Destination
5	rise	present	the monsters	the black ocean prone not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prone=Theme
6	fear	past	Scota not said here				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	watch	to-infinitive	Scota not said here	the wave			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme
8	descend	gerund	anon not said here		anon's grave		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to grave=Location

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 52