The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 48

But straight the men of Erin cried aloud, ‘The king, the king!’ and Naisi’s brothers twain, Ainli and Ardan, though to help him vowed At need, not less to break that troth were fain: ‘Beware,’ they cried; ‘since Cathbad long ago Foretold that Babe was born for Uladh’s woe!’

Who acts: men, life, troth · What happens: cry, help, vow, break, be, beware · To what, where: king, need, Babe

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 (men, life, troth), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	7 cried	cc
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 cried	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cried	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Erin	case
6	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 men	nmod
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	7 cried	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 king	punct
10	‘	'	PUNCT	_	12 king	punct
11	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cried	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 king	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 king	appos
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 king	punct
17	’	'	PUNCT	_	12 king	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 twain	cc
19	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 brothers	nmod:poss
20	’s	's	PART	_	19 Naisi	case
21	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 twain	compound
22	twain	twain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cried	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Ainli	punct
24	Ainli	Ainli	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 twain	appos
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Ardan	cc
26	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Ainli	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 help	punct
28	though	though	SCONJ	_	30 help	mark
29	to	to	PART	_	30 help	mark
30	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 cried	parataxis
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 vowed	nsubj
32	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 help	ccomp
33	At	at	ADP	_	34 need	case
34	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 vowed	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 less	punct
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 less	advmod
37	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	30 help	parataxis
38	to	to	PART	_	39 break	mark
39	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 less	advcl
40	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 troth	det
41	troth	troth	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 fain	nsubj
42	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 fain	cop
43	fain	fain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 break	ccomp
44	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 Beware	punct
45	‘	'	PUNCT	_	46 Beware	punct
46	Beware	beware	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cried	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 cried	punct
48	’	'	CCONJ	_	50 cried	cc
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 cried	nsubj
50	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 Beware	conj
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 Foretold	punct
52	‘	'	PUNCT	_	57 Foretold	punct
53	since	since	ADP	_	54 Cathbad	case
54	Cathbad	Cathbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Foretold	obl
55	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	56 ago	advmod
56	ago	ago	ADV	_	57 Foretold	advmod
57	Foretold	foretell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cried	conj
58	that	that	SCONJ	_	61 born	mark
59	Babe	Babe	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 born	nsubj:pass
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 born	aux:pass
61	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 Foretold	advcl
62	for	for	ADP	_	65 woe	case
63	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 woe	nmod:poss
64	’s	's	PART	_	63 Uladh	case
65	woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 born	obl
66	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct
67	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the men of Erin	the king			brothers twain conj; aloud, straight property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	to-infinitive						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	vow	past	life		need			tree rules
4	break	to-infinitive						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	is	past	that troth				fain property	tree rules
6	beware	infinitive	the men of Erin not said here					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	cry speech: express	past	men = man					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	foretell	past	the men of Erin not said here			since Cathbad	ago property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	bear	past · passive		Babe			for Uladh's woe	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for woe=Attribute

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 48