The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 24
Again the plot-deviser rose and spake: ‘Men of great stomachs, Lords, we count those Three: “Exiles,” they sware, “we go: but ne’er come back Till sureties strong are ours, and guarantee By Conor sent, firm pledge of endless troth:” Thus Naisi sware: and sacred is an oath.
Who acts: deviser rose, Exiles, we, ne’er, sureties, guarantee · What happens: count, sware, go, come back, be, send · To what, where: those, sware, ours, firm pledge, sacred oath, endless troth
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 (deviser rose, Exiles, we, ne’er), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 6 rose | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rose | det |
| 3 | plot | plot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deviser | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 plot | punct |
| 5 | deviser | deviser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rose | compound |
| 6 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 count | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spake | cc |
| 8 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rose | conj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 Men | punct |
| 10 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 Men | punct |
| 11 | Men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 count | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 stomachs | case |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 stomachs | amod |
| 14 | stomachs | stomach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 Men | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Lords | punct |
| 16 | Lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 Men | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 count | punct |
| 18 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 count | nsubj |
| 19 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 19 count | obj |
| 21 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 those | obj |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 sware | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Exiles | punct |
| 24 | Exiles | exile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 sware | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Exiles | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Exiles | punct |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 sware | nsubj |
| 28 | sware | sware | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Three | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 go | punct |
| 30 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 go | punct |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 go | nsubj |
| 32 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 sware | acl:relcl |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 come | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 come | cc |
| 35 | ne’er | ne'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 come | nsubj |
| 36 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 count | conj |
| 37 | back | back | ADV | _ | 36 come | advmod |
| 38 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 39 sureties | case |
| 39 | sureties | surety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 ours | nsubj |
| 40 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 sureties | amod |
| 41 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 ours | cop |
| 42 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 come | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 sent | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 sent | cc |
| 45 | guarantee | guarantee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 sent | nsubj |
| 46 | By | by | ADP | _ | 47 Conor | case |
| 47 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 guarantee | nmod |
| 48 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 come | parataxis |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 pledge | punct |
| 50 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 pledge | amod |
| 51 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 sent | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 troth | case |
| 53 | endless | endless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 troth | amod |
| 54 | troth | troth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 pledge | nmod |
| 55 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 pledge | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 sent | punct |
| 57 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 59 sware | advmod |
| 58 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 sware | compound |
| 59 | sware | sware | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 sent | obl |
| 60 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 65 oath | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 oath | cc |
| 62 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 oath | amod |
| 63 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 oath | cop |
| 64 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 oath | det |
| 65 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 sware | conj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 count | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | the deviser rose and spake | those | Men of great stomachs and Lords nsubj; we nsubj | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | |||
| 2 | sware | Exiles | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | go in a quote | present | we | sware not said here | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sware=Theme | ||||
| 4 | come back in a quote | present | ne’er | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | sureties | ours | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | send in a quote | past | guarantee by Conor | firm pledge of endless troth | Naisi sware and a sacred oath obl | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pledge=Theme | |||
| 7 | is a | present | guarantee by Conor not said here | a sacred oath | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | guarantee in a quote | Conor | nom guarantee «communication transitive»: by=agent | ||||||
| 9 | pledge in a quote | endless troth | nom pledge «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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