The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 66
But when a third time rang that shout, now nearer, The three brave brothers recognised the sound, And, listening, larger grew their eyes, and clearer, And from their seats they leaped, and gazed around, And smote their palms, and clamoured, ‘O the joy!
Who acts: third time, three brave brothers, larger, brothers · What happens: ring, recognise, listen, grow, leap, gaze around · To what, where: shout, sound, eyes, seats, palms, joy
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 (third time, three brave brothers, larger, brothers), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 recognised | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 rang | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rang | nsubj |
| 6 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 recognised | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 shout | det |
| 8 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rang | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nearer | punct |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 nearer | advmod |
| 11 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 rang | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rang | punct |
| 13 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 brothers | det |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 brothers | nummod |
| 15 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 brothers | amod |
| 16 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 recognised | nsubj |
| 17 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sound | det |
| 19 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 recognised | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 listening | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 listening | cc |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 listening | punct |
| 23 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 recognised | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 grew | punct |
| 25 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 26 grew | nsubj |
| 26 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 listening | parataxis |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 28 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 grew | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 clearer | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 clearer | cc |
| 31 | clearer | clear | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 26 grew | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 leaped | punct |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 leaped | cc |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 seats | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 seats | nmod:poss |
| 36 | seats | seat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 leaped | obl |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 leaped | nsubj |
| 38 | leaped | leap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 clearer | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 gazed | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 gazed | cc |
| 41 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 leaped | conj |
| 42 | around | around | ADV | _ | 41 gazed | advmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 smote | punct |
| 44 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 smote | cc |
| 45 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 gazed | conj |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 palms | nmod:poss |
| 47 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 smote | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 clamoured | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 clamoured | cc |
| 50 | clamoured | clamour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 grew | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 joy | punct |
| 52 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 joy | punct |
| 53 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 55 joy | discourse |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 joy | det |
| 55 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 clamoured | obl |
| 56 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 recognised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | a third time | that shout | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shout=Theme | ||||
| 2 | recognise | past | the three brave brothers | the sound | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | listen | gerund | the three brave brothers not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | grow | past | larger | brothers's eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | ||||
| 5 | leap | past | brothers = brother | brothers's seats | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from seat=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | gaze around | past | brothers = brother not said here | around property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | smite | past | brothers = brother not said here | brothers's palms | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus palm=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | clamour | participle | larger not said here | the joy | tree rules |
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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