The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 24
Ah, but for that how many a warrior’s brand’-- ‘His realm,’ she said, ‘is his: my heart mine own: A maiden I have lived: maiden would die:’ The warrior fixed on hers his strong grey eye.
Who acts: many, heart, I, maiden, warrior · What happens: say, be, own, live, die, ' · To what, where: Naisi, ‘, warrior, strong grey eye · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (many, heart, I, maiden), 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 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 20 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ah | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 many | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 many | nsubj |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 said | nsubj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 warrior | det |
| 9 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 brand | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 warrior | case |
| 11 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 many | parataxis |
| 12 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 brand | punct |
| 13 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 16 realm | punct |
| 14 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 realm | punct |
| 15 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 realm | nmod:poss |
| 16 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 many | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 many | punct |
| 18 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 many | punct |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 said | nsubj |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 22 | ‘ | ‘ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | nsubj |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 his | cop |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 ‘ | nmod:poss |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 own | punct |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 heart | nmod:poss |
| 27 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 own | nsubj |
| 28 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 heart | nmod |
| 29 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 ‘ | acl:relcl |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 maiden | punct |
| 31 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 maiden | det |
| 32 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 said | conj |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 lived | nsubj |
| 34 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 lived | aux |
| 35 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 maiden | xcomp |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 die | punct |
| 37 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 die | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 die | aux |
| 39 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 said | conj |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 ’ | punct |
| 41 | ’ | ' | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 die | conj |
| 42 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 warrior | det |
| 43 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 ’ | obj |
| 44 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 warrior | acl |
| 45 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 hers | case |
| 46 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 fixed | obl |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 eye | nmod:poss |
| 48 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 eye | amod |
| 49 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 eye | amod |
| 50 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 fixed | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | many that a warrior's brand and Naisi's realm | Erin nsubj; Naisi's ‘ nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Naisi | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | own | present | my heart mine | Naisi's ‘ not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ‘=Theme | ||||
| 4 | live | present · perfect | I | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | die | would | maiden | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 6 | ' | infinitive | maiden not said here | the warrior | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | fix | participle | the warrior not said here | Naisi's strong grey eye | on Erin | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||
| 8 | brand | a warrior | nom brand «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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