The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 51
Next morning Fergus o’er the waters sped At earliest dawn; with him his sons alone, Illan the Fair; Buini the Ruthless Red, His shield-bearer, the third.
What happens: speed · To what, where: sons
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: 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 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 morning | amod |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sped | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 morning | appos |
| 4 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 6 waters | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 waters | det |
| 6 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sped | obl |
| 7 | sped | speed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | At | at | ADP | _ | 10 dawn | case |
| 9 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 dawn | amod |
| 10 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sped | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 sons | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sons | nmod |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sons | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sped | obl |
| 16 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 15 sons | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Illan | punct |
| 18 | Illan | Illan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sons | appos |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Fair | det |
| 20 | Fair | Fair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Illan | appos |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 Buini | punct |
| 22 | Buini | Buini | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Illan | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Red | det |
| 24 | Ruthless | Ruthless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Red | compound |
| 25 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Illan | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 bearer | punct |
| 27 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 bearer | nmod:poss |
| 28 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 bearer | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 shield | punct |
| 30 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Illan | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 third | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 third | det |
| 33 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 18 Illan | conj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speed | past | Fergus's sons with Fergus | dawn; morning | o'er the waters | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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