The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 54

She saw the waves engulf the drowning decks; Yet nought could scare that eye, or blanch that cheek: Four sons she saw upon their mastless wrecks High driven on Erin’s rocks and headlands bleak From Inver Scena to the house of Donn: She said; ‘The price is paid; the Isle is won!’

Who acts: Scota, waves, nought, decks · What happens: see, engulf, scare, blanch, drive, say · To what, where: drowning decks, eye, cheek, Four sons, price, Isle · 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, waves, nought, decks), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 waves	det
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 engulf	nsubj
5	engulf	engulf	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 decks	det
7	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decks	compound
8	decks	deck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 engulf	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 scare	punct
10	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	13 scare	cc
11	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	13 scare	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 scare	aux
13	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saw	conj
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 eye	det
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 scare	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 blanch	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 blanch	cc
18	blanch	blanch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 scare	conj
19	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 cheek	det
20	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 blanch	obj
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 sons	punct
22	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 sons	nummod
23	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 cheek	appos
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 saw	nsubj
25	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 sons	acl:relcl
26	upon	upon	ADP	_	29 wrecks	case
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 wrecks	nmod:poss
28	mastless	mastless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 wrecks	amod
29	wrecks	wreck	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 saw	obl
30	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 rocks	amod
31	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 rocks	amod
32	on	on	ADP	_	35 rocks	case
33	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 rocks	nmod:poss
34	’s	's	PART	_	33 Erin	case
35	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 wrecks	nmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 headlands	cc
37	headlands	headland	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 rocks	conj
38	bleak	bleak	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 rocks	conj
39	From	from	ADP	_	40 Inver	case
40	Inver	Inver	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 bleak	nmod
41	Scena	Scena	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Inver	flat
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 house	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 house	det
44	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 bleak	nmod
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 Donn	case
46	Donn	Donn	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 house	nmod
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	49 said	punct
48	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 said	nsubj
49	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 paid	punct
51	‘	'	PUNCT	_	55 paid	punct
52	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 price	det
53	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 paid	nsubj:pass
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 paid	aux:pass
55	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 said	ccomp
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 won	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 Isle	det
58	Isle	Isle	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 won	nsubj
59	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 won	aux:pass
60	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saw	parataxis
61	!	!	PUNCT	_	60 won	punct
62	’	'	PUNCT	_	60 won	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	Scota				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	engulf	present	the waves	the drowning decks			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deck=Co-Theme
3	scare	could	nought	that eye			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer
4	blanch	infinitive	nought not said here	that cheek			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient
5	see	past	Scota	Four sons not said here		upon decks's mastless wrecks on Erin's High driven rocks and headlands and bleak from Inver to the house of Donn	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus
6	drive	participle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
7	say speech: assert	past	Scota				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	pay	present · passive		the price			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
9	win	present · passive		the Isle			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
10	wreck		decks = deck		Erin's High driven rocks and headlands and bleak from Inver to the house of Donn		nom wreck «state transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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 54