The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 55
She saw the victory’s prelude and no more; Half-way ’twixt ocean marge and mountain crest Where sleep the Great Ones of the days of yore Early she made her venerable rest, And holds, well-pleased, an ever-spreading fame, Sealing a mighty people with her name.
Who acts: wave, victory · What happens: see, sleep, make, hold, spread, seal · To what, where: prelude, Great Ones, venerable rest, mighty people
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 (wave, victory), 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 victory | det |
| 4 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prelude | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 victory | case |
| 6 | prelude | prelude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 more | cc |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 more | det |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 saw | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 11 | Half | Half | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 way | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Half | punct |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 14 | ’ | ' | ADP | Typo=Yes | 17 marge | case |
| 15 | twixt | twixt | X | _ | 14 ’ | goeswith |
| 16 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 marge | compound |
| 17 | marge | marge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 way | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 crest | cc |
| 19 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 crest | compound |
| 20 | crest | crest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 marge | conj |
| 21 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 sleep | advmod |
| 22 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 crest | acl:relcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Ones | det |
| 24 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Ones | amod |
| 25 | Ones | One | PROPN | Number=Plur | 22 sleep | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 days | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 days | det |
| 28 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 Ones | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 yore | case |
| 30 | yore | yore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 days | nmod |
| 31 | Early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 33 made | advmod |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 made | nsubj |
| 33 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 Ones | acl:relcl |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 rest | nmod:poss |
| 35 | venerable | venerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 rest | amod |
| 36 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 made | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 holds | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 holds | cc |
| 39 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 pleased | punct |
| 41 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 pleased | advmod |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 well | punct |
| 43 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 holds | ccomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 fame | punct |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 fame | det |
| 46 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 48 spreading | advmod |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 ever | punct |
| 48 | spreading | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 49 fame | amod |
| 49 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 pleased | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 Sealing | punct |
| 51 | Sealing | seal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 holds | advcl |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 people | det |
| 53 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 people | amod |
| 54 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 Sealing | obj |
| 55 | with | with | ADP | _ | 57 name | case |
| 56 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 name | nmod:poss |
| 57 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 Sealing | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | wave | the victory's prelude | Half way ' ocean marge and mountain crest parataxis | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prelude=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | sleep | present | the Great Ones of the days of yore | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | |||||
| 3 | make | past | wave | wave's venerable rest | early property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Product | |||
| 4 | hold | present | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | spread | gerund | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | seal | gerund | a mighty people | with wave's name | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent people=Patient with name=Instrument | ||||
| 7 | prelude | the victory | nom prelude «event transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | name | wave | nom name «communication transitive»: 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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