The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 38
To Fergus last the royal plotter signed, And made, yet softlier tuned, the self-same quest; But he the questioner’s meaning nought divined, A Prince whose heart, uncovered as his crest, Contemned disguise; suspecting treachery none Thus answered Fergus, Roy’s once sceptred son:
Who acts: you, Fergus, suspecting, Roy · What happens: last, sign, make, tune, divine, uncover · To what, where: royal plotter, Fergus, same quest, Prince heart, none, son · 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 (you, Fergus, suspecting, Roy), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 Fergus | case |
| 2 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 last | obl |
| 3 | last | last | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plotter | det |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 plotter | amod |
| 6 | plotter | plotter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 last | obj |
| 7 | signed | sign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 last | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 made | cc |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 softlier | punct |
| 12 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 13 softlier | cc |
| 13 | softlier | softly | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 made | xcomp |
| 14 | tuned | tune | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 softlier | advcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 quest | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 quest | det |
| 17 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 same | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 self | punct |
| 19 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 quest | amod |
| 20 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 tuned | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 divined | punct |
| 22 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 divined | cc |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 divined | nsubj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 questioner | det |
| 25 | questioner | questioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 nought | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 questioner | case |
| 27 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 nought | compound |
| 28 | nought | nought | PRON | PronType=Neg | 23 he | appos |
| 29 | divined | divine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 heart | punct |
| 31 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 heart | det |
| 32 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 heart | compound |
| 33 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 34 heart | nmod:poss |
| 34 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 divined | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 uncovered | punct |
| 36 | uncovered | uncover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 heart | acl |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 crest | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 crest | nmod:poss |
| 39 | crest | crest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 uncovered | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 disguise | punct |
| 41 | Contemned | contemn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 disguise | amod |
| 42 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 crest | conj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 answered | punct |
| 44 | suspecting | suspect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 48 answered | csubj |
| 45 | treachery | treachery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 none | compound |
| 46 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 44 suspecting | obj |
| 47 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 44 suspecting | advmod |
| 48 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | parataxis |
| 49 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 answered | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 sceptred | punct |
| 51 | Roy | Roy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 sceptred | nsubj |
| 52 | ’s | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 sceptred | aux |
| 53 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 54 sceptred | advmod |
| 54 | sceptred | sceptre | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 48 answered | ccomp |
| 55 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 sceptred | obj |
| 56 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | imperative | you not said here | the royal plotter | Fergus | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sign | participle | you not said here | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | make | past | you not said here | softly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | tune | participle | you not said here | the same quest | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | divine | past | Fergus | a Prince heart | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | uncover | participle | a Prince heart not said here | as Fergus's crest and Contemned disguise | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | contemn | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | suspect | gerund | none | thus property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent none=Attribute | ||||
| 9 | answer speech: assert | past | suspecting | Fergus | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | sceptre | present · passive | Roy | son | once 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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