The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 6

Three tents they planted where the forest’s skirt Sheltered the lowland from the increasing heat; In one, with hand assiduous and expert, Deirdré prepared that food by toil made sweet; In one they held their banquet; and in one Sang their glad songs till half the night was done.

Who acts: Three tents, skirt, Deirdré, food, tents · What happens: plant, shelter, prepare, make, hold, do · To what, where: lowland, increasing heat, banquet, glad songs, one Sang

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 (Three tents, skirt, Deirdré, food), 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	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tents	nummod
2	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 planted	nsubj
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planted	nsubj
4	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 Sheltered	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skirt	nmod:poss
8	’s	's	PART	_	7 forest	case
9	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Sheltered	nsubj
10	Sheltered	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lowland	det
12	lowland	lowland	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Sheltered	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 heat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 heat	det
15	increasing	increasing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 heat	amod
16	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Sheltered	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 planted	punct
18	In	in	ADP	_	19 one	case
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 planted	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 assiduous	punct
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 hand	case
22	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 assiduous	obl
23	assiduous	assiduous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 planted	parataxis
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 expert	cc
25	expert	expert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 assiduous	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 prepared	punct
27	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 prepared	nsubj
28	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	parataxis
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 made	mark
30	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 made	nsubj
31	by	by	ADP	_	32 toil	case
32	toil	toil	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 food	nmod
33	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 prepared	ccomp
34	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 made	xcomp
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 held	punct
36	In	in	ADP	_	37 one	case
37	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 held	obl
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 held	nsubj
39	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	conj
40	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 banquet	nmod:poss
41	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 held	obj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 done	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 done	cc
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 Sang	case
45	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 Sang	nummod
46	Sang	Sang	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 done	obl
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 songs	nmod:poss
48	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 songs	amod
49	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 done	nsubj:pass
50	till	till	ADP	_	53 night	case
51	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	53 night	det:predet
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 night	det
53	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 done	obl
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 done	aux:pass
55	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 planted	conj
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 planted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	Three tents				in one; tents = tent nsubj	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in one=Destination
2	shelter	past	the forest's skirt	the lowland	the increasing heat			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lowland=Patient from heat=Beneficiary
3	prepare	past	Deirdré					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
4	make	past	food by toil				sweet property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material
5	hold	past	tents = tent	tents's banquet			in one	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent banquet=Theme in one=Location
6	do	past · passive		tents's glad songs	one Sang	night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
7	sing		tents = tent					nom song «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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 6