The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 12
Thus it befell; once more at Conor’s call The Red-Branch Knights partook their monarch’s feast, Ranged ’neath their standards round Emania’s hall; And when at last the hunger rage had ceased, And many an echo of loud songs had died, King Conor rose, thus speaking in his pride;
Who acts: own, Branch Knights, many, King, Conor · What happens: befall, partake, range, cease, die, rise · To what, where: feast, call, hunger rage, last, pride · 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 (own, Branch Knights, many, King), 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 | _ | 3 befell | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 befell | nsubj |
| 3 | befell | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 befell | punct |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 befell | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 call | case |
| 8 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 call | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 Conor | case |
| 10 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 partook | obl |
| 11 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Knights | det |
| 12 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Branch | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Red | punct |
| 14 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Knights | compound |
| 15 | Knights | Knight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 partook | nsubj |
| 16 | partook | partake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 befell | parataxis |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 monarch | nmod:poss |
| 18 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 feast | nmod:poss |
| 19 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 18 monarch | case |
| 20 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 partook | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Ranged | punct |
| 22 | Ranged | range | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 partook | conj |
| 23 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 Ranged | punct |
| 24 | neath | neath | ADP | _ | 26 standards | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 standards | nmod:poss |
| 26 | standards | standard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 Ranged | obl |
| 27 | round | round | ADP | _ | 30 hall | case |
| 28 | Emania | Emania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 hall | nmod:poss |
| 29 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 28 Emania | case |
| 30 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 standards | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 ceased | punct |
| 32 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 ceased | cc |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 40 ceased | advmod |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 last | case |
| 35 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 ceased | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 rage | det |
| 37 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 rage | compound |
| 38 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 ceased | aux |
| 40 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 befell | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 died | punct |
| 42 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 died | cc |
| 43 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 died | nsubj |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 echo | det |
| 45 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 died | nsubj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 songs | case |
| 47 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 songs | amod |
| 48 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 echo | nmod |
| 49 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 died | aux |
| 50 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 befell | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 rose | punct |
| 52 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 rose | nsubj |
| 53 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 King | flat |
| 54 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 befell | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 speaking | punct |
| 56 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 57 speaking | advmod |
| 57 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 54 rose | advcl |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 pride | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 pride | nmod:poss |
| 60 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 speaking | obl |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 befell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befall | past | own | thus property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | partake | past | the Branch Knights | Knights's monarch's feast | Conor's call | tree rules | |||
| 3 | range | participle | the Branch Knights not said here | neath Knights's standards round Emania's hall | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cease | past · perfect · passive | the hunger rage | last | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | die | past · perfect | many | a echo of loud songs nsubj | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | rise | past | King | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | speak speech: other | gerund | King not said here | King's pride | thus property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | call | Conor | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | pride | King | nom pride «feeling 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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