The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 102
Thus in her song honouring the land she loved Sad Deirdré stood while back the waters hoar Streamed from the ship; and singing never moved: From her chilled lip the wind its music bore, Till plainly Erin’s cliffs at last shone forth, And Barach’s castle facing to the North.
Who acts: song, healing, castle · What happens: honour, love, stand, stream, sing, not move · To what, where: land, Sad, waters hoar, song, ship, Erin cliffs
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, healing, castle), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 12 stood | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 song | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 song | nmod:poss |
| 4 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 5 | honouring | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 song | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honouring | obj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loved | nsubj |
| 9 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 land | acl:relcl |
| 10 | Sad | Sad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 loved | obj |
| 11 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Sad | flat |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 back | mark |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 stood | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 hoar | det |
| 16 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 hoar | compound |
| 17 | hoar | hoar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obj |
| 18 | Streamed | stream | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 hoar | acl |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 ship | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ship | det |
| 21 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Streamed | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 moved | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 moved | cc |
| 24 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 moved | nsubj |
| 25 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 26 moved | advmod |
| 26 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stood | conj |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 lip | punct |
| 28 | From | from | ADP | _ | 31 lip | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 lip | nmod:poss |
| 30 | chilled | chill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 lip | amod |
| 31 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | parataxis |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 wind | det |
| 33 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 lip | obj |
| 34 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 bore | nmod:poss |
| 35 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 bore | compound |
| 36 | bore | bore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 wind | appos |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 cliffs | punct |
| 38 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 42 cliffs | case |
| 39 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 40 Erin | advmod |
| 40 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 cliffs | compound |
| 41 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 40 Erin | case |
| 42 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 bore | conj |
| 43 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 45 shone | mark |
| 44 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 shone | amod |
| 45 | shone | shine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 cliffs | acl |
| 46 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 45 shone | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 facing | punct |
| 48 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 facing | cc |
| 49 | Barach | Barach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 castle | nmod:poss |
| 50 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 49 Barach | case |
| 51 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 facing | nsubj |
| 52 | facing | face | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 shone | conj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 North | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 North | det |
| 55 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 facing | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour | gerund | healing's song not said here | the land | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | past | healing | Sad | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sad=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | the waters hoar | healing's song | healing's chilled lip the wind parataxis; thus property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hoar=Theme in song=Destination | |||
| 4 | stream | participle | the waters hoar not said here | the ship | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from ship=Source | ||||
| 5 | sing speech: express | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | not move | past | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | chill | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 8 | shine | participle | Erin cliffs not said here | forth property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | face | gerund | Barach's castle | to the North | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | sing | healing | nom song «communication 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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