The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 57
Not all the themes were war: the fabler told Of Feale, the dusk-eyed beauty of the South, By Lewy won mid olive forests old: Such minstrelsies went freshening from his mouth That in his hand her own the princess placed, Nor feared, his wife, to dare the wan sea-waste.
Who acts: fabler, Lewy, Such minstrelsies, Nor · What happens: not be, tell, win, go, freshen, own · To what, where: themes war, Feale, That, hand, mouth, princess · 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 (fabler, Lewy, Such minstrelsies, Nor), 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 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 war | advmod |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 themes | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 themes | det |
| 4 | themes | theme | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 war | compound |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 war | cop |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 told | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fabler | det |
| 9 | fabler | fabler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | nsubj |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 war | parataxis |
| 11 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Feale | case |
| 12 | Feale | Feale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 told | iobj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 beauty | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 beauty | det |
| 15 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 eyed | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 dusk | punct |
| 17 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 beauty | amod |
| 18 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Feale | appos |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 South | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 South | det |
| 21 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 beauty | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 won | punct |
| 23 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 25 won | mark |
| 24 | Lewy | Lewy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 won | nsubj |
| 25 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 told | conj |
| 26 | mid | mid | X | _ | 27 olive | compound |
| 27 | olive | olive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 forests | amod |
| 28 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 old | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 won | xcomp |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 went | punct |
| 31 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 minstrelsies | amod |
| 32 | minstrelsies | minstrelsy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 went | nsubj |
| 33 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 won | parataxis |
| 34 | freshening | freshen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 went | xcomp |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 mouth | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 37 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 freshening | obl |
| 38 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 went | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 hand | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hand | nmod:poss |
| 41 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | obl |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 own | nmod:poss |
| 43 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 went | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 princess | det |
| 45 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 own | obj |
| 46 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 princess | acl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 feared | punct |
| 48 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 feared | nsubj |
| 49 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 princess | acl:relcl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 wife | punct |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 wife | nmod:poss |
| 52 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 feared | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 dare | punct |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 dare | mark |
| 55 | dare | dare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 own | conj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 waste | det |
| 57 | wan | wan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 waste | amod |
| 58 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 waste | compound |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 sea | punct |
| 60 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 dare | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 war | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | themes war | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the fabler | Feale | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feale=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | win | past | Lewy | old property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | go | past | Such minstrelsies | That | Lewy's hand | tree rules | |||
| 5 | freshen | gerund | Such minstrelsies not said here | Lewy's mouth | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | own | infinitive | Such minstrelsies not said here | the princess | fabler nmod:poss | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | |||
| 7 | place | participle | the princess not said here | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | fear | past | Nor | Lewy's wife | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | dare | to-infinitive | Such minstrelsies not said here | the wan sea waste | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waste=Recipient |
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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