The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 53
Ere noon he landed on the Alban coast: Wild from the woods a stag there issued bounding; The prince his mission grave forgat, and tossed Through the green-caverned forest loud-resounding, As he was ever wont, his hunting cry; And lo! the tents where Naisi dwelt were nigh.
Who acts: Ere noon, prince, Loch, Naisi, tents · What happens: land, issue, bound, forgat, toss, cavern · To what, where: Wild, Alban coast, stag, caverned forest
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 (Ere noon, prince, Loch, Naisi), 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 | Ere | Ere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 noon | compound |
| 2 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 landed | nsubj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 landed | nsubj |
| 4 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 coast | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 coast | det |
| 7 | Alban | Alban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 coast | compound |
| 8 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 landed | obl |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Wild | punct |
| 10 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | 4 landed | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 woods | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 woods | det |
| 13 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 landed | obl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 stag | det |
| 15 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 landed | obj |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 issued | advmod |
| 17 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 stag | acl |
| 18 | bounding | bound | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 issued | advcl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 forgat | punct |
| 20 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 forgat | nsubj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 mission | nmod:poss |
| 23 | mission | mission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 forgat | nsubj |
| 24 | grave | grave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 forgat | amod |
| 25 | forgat | forgat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 landed | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 tossed | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 tossed | cc |
| 28 | tossed | toss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 landed | conj |
| 29 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 34 forest | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 forest | det |
| 31 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 caverned | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 green | punct |
| 33 | caverned | cavern | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 forest | amod |
| 34 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tossed | obl |
| 35 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 resounding | amod |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 loud | punct |
| 37 | resounding | resounding | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 forest | amod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 wont | punct |
| 39 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 wont | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 wont | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 wont | cop |
| 42 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 43 wont | advmod |
| 43 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 tossed | parataxis |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 cry | punct |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 cry | nmod:poss |
| 46 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 cry | compound |
| 47 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 wont | conj |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 nigh | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 nigh | cc |
| 50 | lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 58 nigh | discourse |
| 51 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 50 lo | punct |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 tents | det |
| 53 | tents | tent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 nigh | nsubj |
| 54 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 56 dwelt | advmod |
| 55 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 dwelt | nsubj |
| 56 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 tents | acl:relcl |
| 57 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 nigh | cop |
| 58 | nigh | nigh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 landed | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 landed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | past | Ere noon | Wild | the Alban coast | from the woods; Loch nsubj; a stag obj | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stag=Theme on coast=Destination | ||
| 2 | issue | participle | a stag not said here | there | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bound | gerund | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | forgat | the prince | Loch's mission nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | toss | past | Ere noon not said here | the caverned forest | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through forest=Destination | ||||
| 6 | cavern | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | is | past | Loch | ever | Loch's hunting cry conj; wont property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | dwell | past | Naisi | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | is | past | the tents | nigh property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | cry | Loch | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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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