The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 63
Longer that churl had stood save that in sleep Growled the great wolf-hound couched beside the bed: The traitor turned; and, skilled to crawl and creep, Reached the half open gates, and homeward fled, And found the king new-risen, and nodding spake, ‘Rejoice, great monarch, for thy kingdom’s sake!
Who acts: churl, sleep, traitor, homeward · What happens: stand, growl, couch, turn, skill, crawl · To what, where: great wolf hound, bed, half open gates, king, spake, great monarch · 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 (churl, sleep, traitor, homeward), 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 | Longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 stood | advmod |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 churl | det |
| 3 | churl | churl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | aux |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | save | save | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 stood | obl |
| 8 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 10 Growled | mark |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Growled | nsubj |
| 10 | Growled | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hound | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hound | amod |
| 13 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hound | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 wolf | punct |
| 15 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Growled | obj |
| 16 | couched | couch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 hound | acl |
| 17 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 19 bed | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bed | det |
| 19 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 couched | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 turned | punct |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 traitor | det |
| 22 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 turned | nsubj |
| 23 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 hound | acl:relcl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 skilled | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 skilled | cc |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 skilled | punct |
| 27 | skilled | skill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 stood | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 crawl | mark |
| 29 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 skilled | xcomp |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 creep | cc |
| 31 | creep | creep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 crawl | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Reached | punct |
| 33 | Reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 skilled | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 half | det |
| 35 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 37 gates | compound |
| 36 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 gates | amod |
| 37 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 Reached | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 fled | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 fled | cc |
| 40 | homeward | homeward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 fled | nsubj |
| 41 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | parataxis |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 found | punct |
| 43 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 found | cc |
| 44 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 fled | conj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 king | det |
| 46 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 found | obj |
| 47 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 risen | amod |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 new | punct |
| 49 | risen | rise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 found | ccomp |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 nodding | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 nodding | cc |
| 52 | nodding | nod | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 fled | conj |
| 53 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 nodding | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Rejoice | punct |
| 55 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 56 Rejoice | punct |
| 56 | Rejoice | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 52 nodding | parataxis |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 monarch | punct |
| 58 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 monarch | amod |
| 59 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 Rejoice | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 sake | punct |
| 61 | for | for | ADP | _ | 65 sake | case |
| 62 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 63 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 63 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 sake | nmod:poss |
| 64 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 63 kingdom | case |
| 65 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 Rejoice | obl |
| 66 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past · perfect | that churl | save that; long property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | growl | past | sleep | the great wolf hound | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Topic | ||||
| 3 | couch | participle | the great wolf hound not said here | the bed | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | turn | past | the traitor | the great wolf hound not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme hound=Result | ||||
| 5 | skill | participle | that churl not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | crawl | to-infinitive | that churl not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | creep | infinitive | that churl not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | reach | past | that churl not said here | half open gates | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | ||||
| 9 | flee | past | homeward | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | find | past | homeward not said here | the king | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent king=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 11 | rise | participle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 12 | nod | gerund | homeward not said here | spake | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Patient | ||||
| 13 | rejoice | infinitive | great monarch | for thy kingdom's sake | tree rules |
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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