The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 47
Low-toned he spake; ‘Barach! a keep thou hast There where the grey cliffs break the northern brine: When Fergus comes from Alba, hold him fast: Heap high thy banquet; make that proud one thine!
Who acts: Conor, thou, grey cliffs, Fergus · What happens: tone, speak, have, break, come, hold · To what, where: keep, northern brine, Alba, Fergus, proud one · 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 (Conor, thou, grey cliffs, Fergus), 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 | Low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 toned | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Low | punct |
| 3 | toned | tone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 spake | amod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spake | nsubj |
| 5 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hast | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 Barach | punct |
| 7 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 Barach | punct |
| 8 | Barach | Barach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 spake | appos |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 Barach | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 keep | det |
| 11 | keep | keep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hast | obj |
| 12 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 hast | nsubj |
| 13 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 19 break | expl |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 19 break | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cliffs | det |
| 17 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 cliffs | amod |
| 18 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 break | nsubj |
| 19 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hast | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 brine | det |
| 21 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 brine | amod |
| 22 | brine | brine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 break | obj |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 comes | punct |
| 24 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 comes | advmod |
| 25 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 comes | nsubj |
| 26 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 hold | advcl |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 Alba | case |
| 28 | Alba | Alba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 comes | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 hold | punct |
| 30 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hast | conj |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 hold | obj |
| 32 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 hold | advmod |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 high | punct |
| 34 | Heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 high | compound |
| 35 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hast | conj |
| 36 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 banquet | nmod:poss |
| 37 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 high | nsubj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 make | punct |
| 39 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hast | conj |
| 40 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 one | det |
| 41 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 one | amod |
| 42 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 make | obj |
| 43 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 one | acl:relcl |
| 44 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 hast | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tone | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | Conor | Barach appos | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have | present | thou | a keep | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keep=Patient | ||||
| 4 | break | present | the grey cliffs | the northern brine | there | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brine=Patient | |||
| 5 | come | present | Fergus | Alba | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from alba=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | hold | infinitive | thou not said here | Fergus | fast property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 7 | make | infinitive | thou not said here | that proud one thine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product |
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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