The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 74

‘Their singing is the best all Uladh boasts; Of all her sons most courteous they and kind; To heaven devoutest of her countless hosts: Softly along his path they lead the blind; Submission made, no more remember ill; Nor ever kissed a maid against her will.

Who acts: singing, Uladh, clansmen, Submission, Nor · What happens: be, boast, lead, make, remember, kiss · To what, where: blind, path, maid

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 (singing, Uladh, clansmen, Submission), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 best	punct
2	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 singing	nmod:poss
3	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 best	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 best	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 best	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 boasts	parataxis
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 Uladh	det
8	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 boasts	nsubj
9	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 courteous	punct
11	Of	of	ADP	_	14 sons	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 sons	det:predet
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sons	nmod:poss
14	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 courteous	obl
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 courteous	advmod
16	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boasts	ccomp
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 kind	nsubj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 kind	cc
19	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 courteous	acl:relcl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 heaven	punct
21	To	to	ADP	_	22 heaven	case
22	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boasts	parataxis
23	devoutest	devout	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 heaven	amod
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 hosts	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 hosts	nmod:poss
26	countless	countless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 hosts	amod
27	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 devoutest	obl
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 lead	punct
29	Softly	softly	ADV	_	32 path	advmod
30	along	along	ADP	_	32 path	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 path	nmod:poss
32	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 lead	obl
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 lead	nsubj
34	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 boasts	conj
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 blind	det
36	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 lead	obj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 made	punct
38	Submission	Submission	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 made	nsubj
39	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 lead	parataxis
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 remember	punct
41	no	no	ADV	_	42 more	advmod
42	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	43 remember	advmod
43	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 made	conj
44	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 remember	xcomp
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 kissed	punct
46	Nor	Nor	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 kissed	nsubj
47	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	48 kissed	advmod
48	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 lead	parataxis
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 maid	det
50	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 kissed	obj
51	against	against	ADP	_	53 will	case
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 will	nmod:poss
53	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 kissed	advcl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 boasts	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	clansmen's singing				good property	tree rules
2	boast speech: other	present	all Uladh				heaven parataxis	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lead	present	clansmen = clansman	the blind	heaven's path			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blind=Theme along path=Destination
4	make	past	Submission					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	remember	present	Submission not said here				ill property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	kiss	past	Nor	a maid		ever		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Co-Agent
7	sing		clansmen = clansman					nom singing «act 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 74