The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 46
‘I charge thee too from Alba’s coast returned To land at Barach’s castle in the north;-- There shall thy monarch’s further will be learned:’ Then Fergus pledged his word, and issued forth: But Conor beckoned Barach from the feast; Then long time stood a-gazing north and east.
Who acts: I, Fergus, Conor, long time · What happens: charge, return, land, learn, pledge, issue · To what, where: thee, coast, castle, further, word, Barach
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 (I, Fergus, Conor, long time), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 charge | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 charge | nsubj |
| 3 | charge | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | advcl |
| 4 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 charge | iobj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 charge | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 coast | case |
| 7 | Alba | Alba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 coast | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 Alba | case |
| 9 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | obl |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 charge | advcl |
| 11 | To | to | PART | _ | 12 land | mark |
| 12 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 returned | xcomp |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 castle | case |
| 14 | Barach | Barach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 castle | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 Barach | case |
| 16 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 land | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 north | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 north | det |
| 19 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 castle | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 charge | punct |
| 21 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 3 charge | punct |
| 22 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 30 learned | expl |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | aux |
| 24 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 monarch | nmod:poss |
| 25 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 further | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 monarch | case |
| 27 | further | further | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 learned | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | aux |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 learned | aux:pass |
| 30 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 learned | punct |
| 32 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 learned | punct |
| 33 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 pledged | advmod |
| 34 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 pledged | nsubj |
| 35 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | advcl |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 word | nmod:poss |
| 37 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pledged | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 issued | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 issued | cc |
| 40 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 learned | conj |
| 41 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 40 issued | advmod |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 beckoned | punct |
| 43 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 beckoned | cc |
| 44 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 beckoned | nsubj |
| 45 | beckoned | beckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | conj |
| 46 | Barach | Barach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 beckoned | obj |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 feast | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 feast | det |
| 49 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 beckoned | obl |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 stood | punct |
| 51 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 54 stood | advmod |
| 52 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 time | amod |
| 53 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stood | nsubj |
| 54 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 learned | conj |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 north | det |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 a | punct |
| 57 | gazing | gaze | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 58 north | amod |
| 58 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stood | obj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 east | cc |
| 60 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 north | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 learned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | present | I | thee | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location thou=Theme | ||||
| 2 | return | past | I not said here | Alba's coast | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | land | to-infinitive | I not said here | Barach's castle in the north | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | learn | shall · future · passive | thy monarch's further | there | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 5 | pledge | past | Fergus | Fergus's word | then | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent word=Theme | |||
| 6 | issue | participle | forth property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | beckon | past | Conor | Barach | the feast | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barach=Patient | |||
| 8 | stand | past | long time | a gazing north and east | then | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer north=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | gaze | gerund | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 10 | word | Fergus | nom word «communication 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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