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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 82

For still, beside the spring her pitcher watching, The maid would sing of Naisi’s strength and fleetness, Ofttimes in turn on breeze of evening catching Some shepherd’s song of Deirdré’s truth and sweetness: And still they ended, each; ‘Ill deed, King Conor, That banished such!

Who acts: pitcher, maid, Ofttimes, brothers, Ill deed, evening · What happens: watch, sing, catch, end, banish, breeze · To what, where: song, each

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 (pitcher, maid, Ofttimes, brothers), 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

caseadvmodpunctcasedetoblnmod:possnsubjpunctdetnsubjauxparataxiscasenmod:posscaseoblccconjpunctconjcasenmodcasenmodcasenmodacldetnmod:posscaseobjcasenmod:posscasenmodccconjpunctccadvmodnsubjparataxispunctoblpunctpunctamodnsubjpunctapposflatpunctnsubjconjxcomppunctrootForADPstillADV,PUNCTbesideADPtheDETspringNOUNherPRONpitcherNOUNwatchingVERB,PUNCTTheDETmaidNOUNwouldAUXsingVERBofADPNaisiPROPN’sPARTstrengthNOUNandCCONJfleetnessNOUN,PUNCTOfttimesNOUNinADPturnNOUNonADPbreezeNOUNofADPeveningNOUNcatchingVERBSomeDETshepherdNOUN’sPARTsongNOUNofADPDeirdréPROPN’sPARTtruthNOUNandCCONJsweetnessNOUN:PUNCTAndCCONJstillADVtheyPRONendedVERB,PUNCTeachDET;PUNCT‘PUNCTIllADJdeedNOUN,PUNCTKingPROPNConorPROPN,PUNCTThatPRONbanishedVERBsuchADJ!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForforADP_2 stillcase
2stillstillADV_9 watchingadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 stillpunct
4besidebesideADP_6 springcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 springdet
6springspringNOUNNumber=Sing9 watchingobl
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 pitchernmod:poss
8pitcherpitcherNOUNNumber=Sing9 watchingnsubj
9watchingwatchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
10,,PUNCT_9 watchingpunct
11ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 maiddet
12maidmaidNOUNNumber=Sing14 singnsubj
13wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin14 singaux
14singsingVERBVerbForm=Inf9 watchingparataxis
15ofofADP_18 strengthcase
16NaisiNaisiPROPNNumber=Sing18 strengthnmod:poss
17’s'sPART_16 Naisicase
18strengthstrengthNOUNNumber=Sing14 singobl
19andandCCONJ_20 fleetnesscc
20fleetnessfleetnessNOUNNumber=Sing18 strengthconj
21,,PUNCT_22 Ofttimespunct
22OfttimesofttimeNOUNNumber=Plur18 strengthconj
23ininADP_24 turncase
24turnturnNOUNNumber=Sing22 Ofttimesnmod
25ononADP_26 breezecase
26breezebreezeNOUNNumber=Sing24 turnnmod
27ofofADP_28 eveningcase
28eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing26 breezenmod
29catchingcatchVERBVerbForm=Ger22 Ofttimesacl
30SomesomeDETPronType=Ind31 shepherddet
31shepherdshepherdNOUNNumber=Sing33 songnmod:poss
32’s'sPART_31 shepherdcase
33songsongNOUNNumber=Sing29 catchingobj
34ofofADP_37 truthcase
35DeirdréDeirdréPROPNNumber=Sing37 truthnmod:poss
36’s'sPART_35 Deirdrécase
37truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing33 songnmod
38andandCCONJ_39 sweetnesscc
39sweetnesssweetnessNOUNNumber=Sing37 truthconj
40::PUNCT_44 endedpunct
41AndandCCONJ_44 endedcc
42stillstillADV_44 endedadvmod
43theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs44 endednsubj
44endedendVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 watchingparataxis
45,,PUNCT_46 eachpunct
46eacheachDETPronType=Tot44 endedobl
47;;PUNCT_50 deedpunct
48‘'PUNCT_50 deedpunct
49IllillADJDegree=Pos50 deedamod
50deeddeedNOUNNumber=Sing56 banishednsubj
51,,PUNCT_52 Kingpunct
52KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing50 deedappos
53ConorConorPROPNNumber=Sing52 Kingflat
54,,PUNCT_56 banishedpunct
55ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem56 banishednsubj
56banishedbanishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 endedconj
57suchsuchADJDegree=Pos ExtPos=ADP56 banishedxcomp
58!!PUNCT_9 watchingpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1watchgerundshore's pitcherspringvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2sing speech: expresswouldthe maidof Naisi's strength and fleetness and Ofttimes in turn on breeze of eveningvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3catchgerundOfttimes in turn on breeze of evening not said heresome shepherd's song of Deirdré's truth and sweetnessvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme
4endpastbrothers = brothereachstillvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5banishpastIll deedThat nsubj; such propertyvn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6breezeeveningnom breeze «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent
7singDeirdré's truth and sweetnessnom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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