The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 7
And many a night on Etive’s flowery margin She moved, while moonbeams glazed the purple wave, Happiest of wives; light-footed as a virgin; Or at the entrance of some ivied cave Sang note prolonged that ended oft in laughter-- Sweet were the days, pledging some sweet hereafter!
Who acts: Deirdré, moonbeams, many, Sweet · What happens: move, glaze, foot, prolong, end, be · To what, where: flowery margin, purple wave, days, sweet hereafter
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 (Deirdré, moonbeams, many, Sweet), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 many | cc |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 prolonged | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 many | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 margin | case |
| 6 | Etive | Etive | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 margin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 6 Etive | case |
| 8 | flowery | flowery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 margin | amod |
| 9 | margin | margin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 night | nmod |
| 10 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 moved | nsubj |
| 11 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 margin | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 glazed | punct |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 glazed | mark |
| 14 | moonbeams | moonbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 glazed | nsubj |
| 15 | glazed | glaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 many | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wave | det |
| 17 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 wave | amod |
| 18 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 glazed | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Happiest | punct |
| 20 | Happiest | happy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 wave | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 wives | case |
| 22 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Happiest | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 footed | punct |
| 24 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 footed | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 light | punct |
| 26 | footed | foot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 glazed | conj |
| 27 | as | as | ADP | _ | 29 virgin | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 virgin | det |
| 29 | virgin | virgin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 footed | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 entrance | punct |
| 31 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 34 entrance | cc |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 entrance | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 entrance | det |
| 34 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 prolonged | nsubj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 note | case |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 note | det |
| 37 | ivied | ivied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 cave | amod |
| 38 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 note | compound |
| 39 | Sang | Sang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 note | compound |
| 40 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 entrance | nmod |
| 41 | prolonged | prolong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 ended | mark |
| 43 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 prolonged | advcl |
| 44 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 ended | xcomp |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 laughter | case |
| 46 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 oft | obl |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 days | punct |
| 48 | Sweet | Sweet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 days | nsubj |
| 49 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 days | cop |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 days | det |
| 51 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 prolonged | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 pledging | punct |
| 53 | pledging | pledge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 prolonged | advcl |
| 54 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 56 hereafter | det |
| 55 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 hereafter | amod |
| 56 | hereafter | hereafter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 pledging | obj |
| 57 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 41 prolonged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | Deirdré | Etive's flowery margin not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent margin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | glaze | past | moonbeams | the purple wave | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wave=Destination | ||||
| 3 | foot | participle | moonbeams not said here | as a virgin; light compound | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | prolong | past | many a night on Etive's flowery margin | the entrance of some cave Sang note nsubj | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | end | past | many a night on Etive's flowery margin not said here | oft property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | Sweet | the days | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | pledge | gerund | many a night on Etive's flowery margin not said here | some sweet hereafter | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hereafter=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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