The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 60

And how that beauteous phantom, Eadane, Had laid a hand like light upon his hair; And next, lest he should die of yearnings vain, Assumed a woman’s form, though woven of air; And borne him pretty babes within their bower; Yet ofttimes bade him ’ware the destined hour.

Who acts: bower, yearnings, ofttimes bade, woman · What happens: lay, die, assume, bear, ware, destine · To what, where: beauteous phantom, woven, form, pretty babes, bower

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 (bower, yearnings, ofttimes bade, woman), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	10 laid	cc
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 laid	advmod
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 phantom	det
4	beauteous	beauteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 phantom	amod
5	phantom	phantom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laid	nsubj:pass
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Eadane	punct
7	Eadane	Eadane	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 phantom	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 phantom	punct
9	Had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 laid	aux
10	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 ware	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hand	det
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laid	obj
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 light	case
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laid	obl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 hair	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hair	nmod:poss
17	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 light	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 next	punct
19	And	and	CCONJ	_	20 next	cc
20	next	next	ADV	_	10 laid	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 die	punct
22	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	25 die	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 die	nsubj
24	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 die	aux
25	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 laid	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 yearnings	case
27	yearnings	yearning	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 die	obl
28	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 yearnings	amod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Assumed	punct
30	Assumed	assume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 yearnings	acl
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 woman	det
32	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 form	nmod:poss
33	’s	's	PART	_	32 woman	case
34	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Assumed	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 woven	punct
36	though	though	SCONJ	_	37 woven	mark
37	woven	woven	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 die	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 air	case
39	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 woven	nmod
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 borne	punct
41	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 borne	cc
42	borne	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 die	conj
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 borne	obj
44	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 babes	amod
45	babes	babe	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 borne	obj
46	within	within	ADP	_	48 bower	case
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 bower	nmod:poss
48	bower	bower	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 borne	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 ware	punct
50	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	55 ware	cc
51	ofttimes	ofttime	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 bade	compound
52	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 ware	nsubj
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 bade	obj
54	’	'	PUNCT	_	55 ware	punct
55	ware	ware	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 hour	det
57	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 hour	amod
58	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 ware	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	55 ware	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	lay	past · perfect · passive		that beauteous phantom			like light upon Eadane's hair; a hand obj; next property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme hand=Destination
2	die	should	bower	woven of air			of yearnings	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of yearning=Causer
3	assume	participle	yearnings not said here	a woman's form				vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
4	bear	past	bower not said here	pretty babes	bower		within earth's bower	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary babe=Patient
5	ware	infinitive	ofttimes bade bower			hour		tree rules
6	destine	participle						tree rules
7	form		a woman					nom form «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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 60