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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 47

‘Perchance of us some future bard shall say, Their bright, swift life went o’er them like a breath Of stormy southwind in the merry May; And brief their unfeared, undivided death: For unto those who love, and love aright, Life is Love’s day; and Death his long, sweet night.’

Who acts: Perchance, bright swift life, Life, lovers · What happens: say, go, brief, love, be, die · To what, where: unfeared undivided death, day · 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 (Perchance, bright swift life, Life, lovers), 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

punctnsubjcasenmoddetamodnsubjauxpunctnmod:possamodpunctamodnsubjccompcaseoblcasedetoblcaseamodnmodcasedetnmodflatpunctccconjnmod:possamodpunctamodobjpunctcasecaseoblnsubjacl:relclpunctccparataxisxcomppunctnsubjcopnmod:posscaseconjpunctccparataxisnmod:possamodpunctamodappospunctpunctroot‘PUNCTPerchanceNOUNofADPusPRONsomeDETfutureADJbardNOUNshallAUXsayVERB,PUNCTTheirPRONbrightADJ,PUNCTswiftADJlifeNOUNwentVERBo’erADPthemPRONlikeADPaDETbreathNOUNOfADPstormyADJsouthwindNOUNinADPtheDETmerryPROPNMayPROPN;PUNCTAndCCONJbriefVERBtheirPRONunfearedADJ,PUNCTundividedADJdeathNOUN:PUNCTForADPuntoADPthosePRONwhoPRONloveVERB,PUNCTandCCONJloveVERBarightADJ,PUNCTLifePROPNisAUXLovePROPN’sPARTdayNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJDeathPROPNhisPRONlongADJ,PUNCTsweetADJnightNOUN.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1‘'PUNCT_2 Perchancepunct
2PerchanceperchanceNOUNNumber=Sing9 saynsubj
3ofofADP_4 uscase
4uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs2 Perchancenmod
5somesomeDETPronType=Ind7 barddet
6futurefutureADJDegree=Pos7 bardamod
7bardbardNOUNNumber=Sing9 saynsubj
8shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin9 sayaux
9saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
10,,PUNCT_16 wentpunct
11TheirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 lifenmod:poss
12brightbrightADJDegree=Pos15 lifeamod
13,,PUNCT_12 brightpunct
14swiftswiftADJDegree=Pos15 lifeamod
15lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing16 wentnsubj
16wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 sayccomp
17o’ero'erADP_18 themcase
18themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs16 wentobl
19likelikeADP_21 breathcase
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 breathdet
21breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing16 wentobl
22OfofADP_24 southwindcase
23stormystormyADJDegree=Pos24 southwindamod
24southwindsouthwindNOUNNumber=Sing21 breathnmod
25ininADP_27 merrycase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 merrydet
27merrymerryPROPNNumber=Sing24 southwindnmod
28MayMayPROPNNumber=Sing27 merryflat
29;;PUNCT_31 briefpunct
30AndandCCONJ_31 briefcc
31briefbriefVERBVerbForm=Inf9 sayconj
32theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 deathnmod:poss
33unfearedunfearedADJDegree=Pos36 deathamod
34,,PUNCT_33 unfearedpunct
35undividedundividedADJDegree=Pos36 deathamod
36deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing31 briefobj
37::PUNCT_40 thosepunct
38ForforADP_40 thosecase
39untountoADP_40 thosecase
40thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem9 sayobl
41whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 lovensubj
42loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 thoseacl:relcl
43,,PUNCT_45 lovepunct
44andandCCONJ_45 lovecc
45loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 sayparataxis
46arightarightADJDegree=Pos45 lovexcomp
47,,PUNCT_52 daypunct
48LifeLifePROPNNumber=Sing52 daynsubj
49isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin52 daycop
50LoveLovePROPNNumber=Sing52 daynmod:poss
51’s'sPART_50 Lovecase
52daydayNOUNNumber=Sing45 loveconj
53;;PUNCT_55 Deathpunct
54andandCCONJ_55 Deathcc
55DeathDeathPROPNNumber=Sing9 sayparataxis
56hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 nightnmod:poss
57longlongADJDegree=Pos60 nightamod
58,,PUNCT_57 longpunct
59sweetsweetADJDegree=Pos60 nightamod
60nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing55 Deathappos
61..PUNCT_9 saypunct
62’'PUNCT_9 saypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertshallPerchance of usfor those; some future bard nsubj; Death parataxisvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2gopastlovers's bright swift lifeo'er lovers = lover; like a breath of stormy southwind in the merryvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3brief speech: otherinfinitivePerchance of us not said herelovers's unfeared undivided deathvn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent death=Recipient
4lovepresentwho nsubjvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
5lovepresentaright propertyvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
6is apresentLifeLove's dayLove nmod:posstree rules
7dielovers = lovernom death «event intransitive»: 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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