The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 104
Ere long the exiles leaped on Erin’s strand: The courtier followed fast: with loud-voiced glee He bade them welcome to their native land, And kissed the hands of each full reverently, Deirdré’s the last; and said; ‘Your home is here!
Who acts: Barach, home · What happens: leap, follow, voice, bade, kiss, say · To what, where: exiles, strand, courtier, hands · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Barach, home), 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 | Ere | ere | ADV | _ | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 kissed | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 exiles | det |
| 4 | exiles | exile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 long | nsubj |
| 5 | leaped | leap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 exiles | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 strand | case |
| 7 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 strand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 Erin | case |
| 9 | strand | strand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaped | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 courtier | punct |
| 11 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 courtier | det |
| 12 | courtier | courtier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 strand | appos |
| 13 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 courtier | acl |
| 14 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 followed | advmod |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 glee | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 glee | case |
| 17 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 voiced | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 loud | punct |
| 19 | voiced | voice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 glee | amod |
| 20 | glee | glee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 courtier | conj |
| 21 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 bade | nsubj |
| 22 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 glee | acl:relcl |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 bade | obj |
| 24 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 bade | xcomp |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 land | case |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 land | nmod:poss |
| 27 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 land | amod |
| 28 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 welcome | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 kissed | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 kissed | cc |
| 31 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 hands | det |
| 33 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 kissed | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 each | case |
| 35 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 hands | nmod |
| 36 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 each | fixed |
| 37 | reverently | reverently | ADV | _ | 36 full | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 ’s | punct |
| 39 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 ’s | nsubj |
| 40 | ’s | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 kissed | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 last | det |
| 42 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 ’s | obj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 said | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 said | cc |
| 45 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 kissed | conj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 here | punct |
| 47 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 here | punct |
| 48 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 home | nmod:poss |
| 49 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 here | nsubj |
| 50 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 here | cop |
| 51 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 said | ccomp |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 31 kissed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | participle | the exiles not said here | Erin's strand | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on strand=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | follow | participle | the courtier and voiced glee not said here | fast property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | voice speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | bade | past | Barach | Exiles = exile | welcome property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | kiss | past | the hands of each | long property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | is | present | Your home | here property | 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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