The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 73

But Naisi smiled, forth issuing with his brand, And said but this; ‘Abide till I return;’ And soon, that head ill-omened in his hand, Came back with countenance bright, at once and stern: Then Deirdré spake, ‘My hand had borne that freight If thine had spared it!

Who acts: Naisi, I, Deirdré spake · What happens: smile, issue, say, abide, return, omen · To what, where: this, head, hand, thine · 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 (Naisi, I, Deirdré spake), 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	_	3 smiled	cc
2	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 smiled	nsubj
3	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 issuing	punct
5	forth	forth	ADV	_	6 issuing	advmod
6	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 smiled	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 brand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brand	nmod:poss
9	brand	brand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 issuing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
11	And	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smiled	parataxis
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 this	cc
14	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 said	obj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 Abide	punct
16	‘	'	PUNCT	_	17 Abide	punct
17	Abide	abide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	conj
18	till	till	SCONJ	_	20 return	mark
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 return	nsubj
20	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 Abide	advcl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 smiled	punct
22	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 smiled	punct
23	And	and	CCONJ	_	30 omened	cc
24	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	30 omened	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 omened	punct
26	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 head	det
27	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 omened	nsubj:pass
28	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 omened	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 ill	punct
30	omened	omen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 smiled	conj
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 hand	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 hand	nmod:poss
33	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 omened	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Came	punct
35	Came	came	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 smiled	parataxis
36	back	back	ADV	_	35 Came	advmod
37	with	with	ADP	_	38 countenance	case
38	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 Came	obl
39	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 countenance	amod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 once	punct
41	at	at	ADP	_	42 once	case
42	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	35 Came	advmod
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 stern	cc
44	stern	stern	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	35 Came	conj
45	:	:	PUNCT	_	48 spake	punct
46	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	48 spake	advmod
47	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 spake	compound
48	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smiled	parataxis
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 borne	punct
50	‘	'	PUNCT	_	54 borne	punct
51	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 hand	nmod:poss
52	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 borne	nsubj:pass
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 borne	aux
54	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 spake	acl:relcl
55	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 freight	det
56	freight	freight	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 borne	obj
57	If	if	SCONJ	_	60 spared	mark
58	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	60 spared	nsubj:pass
59	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 spared	aux
60	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 borne	advcl
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 spared	obj
62	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 smiled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smile	past	Naisi			Deirdré spake parataxis	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	issue	gerund	Naisi not said here			with Naisi's brand; forth property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with brand=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past		this			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic
4	abide	infinitive					tree rules
5	return	present	I				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	omen	participle · passive		that head	Naisi's hand	soon property	tree rules
7	came back	infinitive				with countenance; once property	tree rules
8	stern	infinitive					tree rules
9	bear	past · perfect · passive	Deirdré spake not said here	My hand		that freight obj	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary freight=Patient
10	spare a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		thine		freight obj	vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient it=Asset
11	brand		Naisi				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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 73