The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 8
Conor since then had ruled the Ulidian race, And ever waxed in subtlety and power, Though better loved was Fergus’ honest face, And princely port, forth issuing from his tower At times with horse and hound to chase the boar, Crowning at times the topmost ridge of war.
Who acts: better · What happens: rule, wax, love, be, issue, chase · To what, where: Conor, subtlety, honest face, tower, boar
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 (better), 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 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | since | since | ADP | _ | 3 then | case |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 ruled | obl |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ruled | aux |
| 5 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 race | det |
| 7 | Ulidian | ulidian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 race | amod |
| 8 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruled | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 waxed | punct |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 waxed | cc |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 waxed | advmod |
| 12 | waxed | wax | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ruled | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 subtlety | case |
| 14 | subtlety | subtlety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 waxed | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 power | cc |
| 16 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 subtlety | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 loved | punct |
| 18 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 20 loved | mark |
| 19 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 loved | nsubj |
| 20 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 face | advcl |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 face | cop |
| 22 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 face | nmod:poss |
| 23 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 22 Fergus | case |
| 24 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 face | amod |
| 25 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 waxed | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 port | punct |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 port | cc |
| 28 | princely | princely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 port | amod |
| 29 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 face | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 issuing | punct |
| 31 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 32 issuing | advmod |
| 32 | issuing | issue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 port | conj |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 tower | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 tower | nmod:poss |
| 35 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 issuing | obl |
| 36 | At | at | ADP | _ | 37 times | case |
| 37 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 issuing | obl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 horse | case |
| 39 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 issuing | obl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 hound | cc |
| 41 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 horse | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 chase | mark |
| 43 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 issuing | advcl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 boar | det |
| 45 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 chase | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Crowning | punct |
| 47 | Crowning | crown | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 issuing | conj |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 49 times | case |
| 49 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 Crowning | obl |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 ridge | det |
| 51 | topmost | topmost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 ridge | amod |
| 52 | ridge | ridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 times | nmod |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 war | case |
| 54 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 ridge | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ruled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past · perfect · passive | Conor | the Ulidian race obj | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme race=Result | ||||
| 2 | wax | participle | subtlety and power | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in subtlety=Location | ||||
| 3 | love | past | better | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | Fergus's honest face and princely port | Fergus nmod:poss; princely port conj | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | issue | gerund | Fergus's tower | time | with horse and hound; forth property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with horse=Theme | |||
| 6 | chase | to-infinitive | the boar | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Theme | |||||
| 7 | crown | gerund | time | vn appoint-29.1 «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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