The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 20

An hour had fled, and lo! that bridge he paced; Ere long, no child, but, sparkling like a flower, The imprisoned maid, nor startled nor shame-faced, Passed by the youth, advancing from her bower With breeze-like step, yet down-dropp’d lids of snow: ‘Ah foot,’ he cried, ‘more light than foot of doe!’

Who acts: hour, bridge · What happens: flee, pace, sparkle, imprison, startle, pass · To what, where: ’d lids, bower, more light

This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hour, bridge), 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	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hour	det
2	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fled	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fled	aux
4	fled	flee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 paced	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 paced	cc
7	lo	lo	INTJ	_	12 paced	discourse
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 lo	punct
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 bridge	det
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paced	nsubj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 paced	nsubj
12	paced	pace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fled	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 long	punct
14	Ere	ere	ADV	_	15 long	advmod
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fled	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 child	punct
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 long	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 startled	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 startled	cc
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sparkling	punct
22	sparkling	sparkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 startled	advcl
23	like	like	ADP	_	25 flower	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 flower	det
25	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sparkling	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 maid	punct
27	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 maid	det
28	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 maid	amod
29	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 flower	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 startled	punct
31	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	32 startled	cc
32	startled	startle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fled	parataxis
33	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	36 faced	cc
34	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 faced	compound
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 shame	punct
36	faced	faced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 startled	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 Passed	punct
38	Passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 startled	conj
39	by	by	ADP	_	41 youth	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 youth	det
41	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 Passed	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 advancing	punct
43	advancing	advance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 Passed	advcl
44	from	from	ADP	_	46 bower	case
45	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 bower	nmod:poss
46	bower	bower	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 advancing	obl
47	With	with	ADP	_	51 step	case
48	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 like	compound
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 breeze	punct
50	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 step	amod
51	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 bower	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 lids	punct
53	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	58 lids	cc
54	down	down	ADP	_	56 dropp	case
55	-	-	PUNCT	_	54 down	punct
56	dropp	dropp	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 lids	obl
57	’d	'd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 lids	amod
58	lids	lid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fled	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 snow	case
60	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 lids	nmod
61	:	:	PUNCT	_	64 foot	punct
62	‘	'	PUNCT	_	64 foot	punct
63	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	64 foot	discourse
64	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 cried	ccomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 foot	punct
66	’	'	PUNCT	_	64 foot	punct
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 cried	nsubj
68	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fled	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 light	punct
70	‘	‘	CCONJ	_	72 light	cc
71	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 light	amod
72	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 cried	obl
73	than	than	ADP	_	74 foot	case
74	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 light	nmod
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 doe	case
76	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 foot	nmod
77	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 fled	punct
78	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 fled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	flee	past · perfect	a hour	’d lids down dropp of snow			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pace	past	that bridge				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sparkle	gerund				like a flower and the imprisoned maid	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	imprison	participle					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	startle	past					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	pass	participle				by the youth	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by youth=Location
7	advance	gerund			child's bower with like step		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bower=Initial_Location
8	cry speech: express	past	bridge	more light than foot of doe		foot ccomp	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 20