The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 61
And how at Tara, while the nobles sate Gracing his feast, that queen sent forth a cry: And how the Fairy-King through guards and gate Passed swiftly, mailed in dew-like jewelry, And like a whirlwind bore in sight of all, The Fairy Princess to her father’s hall!
Who acts: nobles, queen · What happens: sate, grace, send, pass, mail · To what, where: Tara, feast, cry, guards, like jewelry
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 (nobles, queen), 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 | _ | 2 how | cc |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 Tara | case |
| 4 | Tara | Tara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 how | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sate | punct |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 sate | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nobles | det |
| 8 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sate | nsubj |
| 9 | sate | sate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Tara | acl:relcl |
| 10 | Gracing | grace | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 sate | xcomp |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 feast | nmod:poss |
| 12 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Gracing | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 queen | punct |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 queen | det |
| 15 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 feast | appos |
| 16 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 queen | acl |
| 17 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 16 sent | advmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 cry | det |
| 19 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sent | obj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 how | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 how | cc |
| 22 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 sate | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Fairy | det |
| 24 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 how | nsubj |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 King | punct |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Fairy | appos |
| 27 | through | through | ADP | _ | 28 guards | case |
| 28 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 Fairy | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 gate | cc |
| 30 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 guards | conj |
| 31 | Passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 guards | acl |
| 32 | swiftly | swiftly | ADV | _ | 31 Passed | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 mailed | punct |
| 34 | mailed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 Passed | conj | |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 jewelry | case |
| 36 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 like | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 dew | punct |
| 38 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 jewelry | amod |
| 39 | jewelry | jewelry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 mailed | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 bore | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 bore | cc |
| 42 | like | like | ADP | _ | 45 bore | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 bore | det |
| 44 | whirlwind | whirlwind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 bore | amod |
| 45 | bore | bore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Passed | obl |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 sight | case |
| 47 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bore | nmod |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 all | case |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 47 sight | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 Princess | punct |
| 51 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Princess | det |
| 52 | Fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 Princess | amod |
| 53 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bore | conj |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 hall | case |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 father | nmod:poss |
| 56 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 hall | nmod:poss |
| 57 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 56 father | case |
| 58 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 Princess | nmod |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 how | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sate | past | the nobles | Tara not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grace | gerund | the nobles not said here | Tara's feast | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Destination | ||||
| 3 | send | participle | that queen not said here | a cry | forth property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | |||
| 4 | pass | participle | guards and gate not said here | like a whirlwind bore in sight of all and the Fairy Princess to Fairy's father's hall; swiftly property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | participle | like jewelry | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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