The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 58
She told how, later, by that northern tide A blush of causeless shame her cheek had stained; And how, heart-grieved at fancied wrong, she died, Where wrong was none; and how her husband plained Year after year, while she, at Scota’s feet, Rested revered where earth and ocean meet.
Who acts: Nor, northern tide, none, husband, earth, causeless shame · What happens: tell, stain, grieve, fancy, die, be · To what, where: blush, Year, feet · 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 (Nor, northern tide, none, husband), 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 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 later | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 how | punct |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 told | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tide | punct |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 tide | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 tide | det |
| 9 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tide | amod |
| 10 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | ccomp |
| 11 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 blush | det |
| 12 | blush | blush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stained | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 shame | case |
| 14 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 shame | amod |
| 15 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blush | nmod |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 17 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stained | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 stained | aux |
| 19 | stained | stain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 tide | acl:relcl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 grieved | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 grieved | cc |
| 22 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 grieved | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 grieved | punct |
| 24 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 grieved | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 heart | punct |
| 26 | grieved | grieve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 told | conj |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 fancied | case |
| 28 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 grieved | conj |
| 29 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 fancied | xcomp |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 died | punct |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 died | nsubj |
| 32 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 wrong | punct |
| 34 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 35 wrong | advmod |
| 35 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 died | parataxis |
| 36 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 wrong | conj |
| 37 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 36 was | nsubj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 plained | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 plained | cc |
| 40 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 plained | advmod |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 husband | nmod:poss |
| 42 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 plained | nsubj |
| 43 | plained | plain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | parataxis |
| 44 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 plained | obj |
| 45 | after | after | ADP | _ | 46 year | case |
| 46 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 plained | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 revered | punct |
| 48 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 57 revered | mark |
| 49 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 revered | nsubj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 feet | punct |
| 51 | at | at | ADP | _ | 54 feet | case |
| 52 | Scota | Scota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 feet | nmod:poss |
| 53 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 52 Scota | case |
| 54 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 revered | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 revered | punct |
| 56 | Rested | Rested | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 revered | nsubj |
| 57 | revered | revere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 plained | conj |
| 58 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 62 meet | advmod |
| 59 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 meet | nsubj |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 ocean | cc |
| 61 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 earth | conj |
| 62 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 revered | advcl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Nor | that northern tide ccomp; late property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stain | past · perfect · passive | that northern tide not said here | a blush of causeless shame | Nor's cheek nsubj:pass | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||
| 3 | grieve | participle | Nor not said here | heart compound | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | fancy | participle | Nor not said here | wrong property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | die | past | Nor | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 6 | be | past | none | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | plain | past | Nor's husband | Year | year | tree rules | |||
| 8 | revere | past | Nor | Scota's feet | Rested nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 9 | meet | present | earth and ocean | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | blush | causeless shame | nom blush «state intransitive»: of=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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