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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 76

She stood: she pressed her hands upon her eyes: From the wan brows the horror-stricken hair Bickering like meteors rose, or seemed to rise; She towered aloft a prophetess; till, near, The step well known of Fergus smote their ear.

Who acts: Love, horror stricken hair, meteors, step · What happens: stand, press, brow, bicker, rise, seem · To what, where: hands, horror stricken hair, wan, step, till

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 (Love, horror stricken hair, meteors, step), 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

nsubjpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctcasedetoblparataxisdetcompoundpunctamodobjaclmarknsubjadvclpunctccconjmarkxcomppunctnsubjconjxcompdetobl:unmarkedpunctoblpunctadvmodpunctdetnsubjadvmodaclcaseoblparataxisnmod:possobjpunctrootShePRONstoodVERB:PUNCTshePRONpressedVERBherPRONhandsNOUNuponADPherPRONeyesNOUN:PUNCTFromADPtheDETwanNOUNbrowsVERBtheDEThorrorNOUN-PUNCTstrickenADJhairNOUNBickeringVERBlikeSCONJmeteorsNOUNroseVERB,PUNCTorCCONJseemedVERBtoPARTriseVERB;PUNCTShePRONtoweredVERBaloftADJaDETprophetessNOUN;PUNCTtillNOUN,PUNCTnearADV,PUNCTTheDETstepNOUNwellADVknownVERBofADPFergusPROPNsmoteVERBtheirPRONearNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 stoodnsubj
2stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_5 pressedpunct
4sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 pressednsubj
5pressedpressVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 stoodconj
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 handsnmod:poss
7handshandNOUNNumber=Plur5 pressedobj
8uponuponADP_10 eyescase
9herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 eyesnmod:poss
10eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur5 pressedobl
11::PUNCT_15 browspunct
12FromfromADP_14 wancase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 wandet
14wanwanNOUNNumber=Sing15 browsobl
15browsbrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 stoodparataxis
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 hairdet
17horrorhorrorNOUNNumber=Sing20 haircompound
18--PUNCT_17 horrorpunct
19strickenstrickenADJDegree=Pos20 hairamod
20hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing15 browsobj
21BickeringbickerVERBVerbForm=Ger20 hairacl
22likelikeSCONJ_24 rosemark
23meteorsmeteorNOUNNumber=Plur24 rosensubj
24roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 Bickeringadvcl
25,,PUNCT_27 seemedpunct
26ororCCONJ_27 seemedcc
27seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 roseconj
28totoPART_29 risemark
29riseriseVERBVerbForm=Inf27 seemedxcomp
30;;PUNCT_32 toweredpunct
31SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 towerednsubj
32toweredtowerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 stoodconj
33aloftaloftADJDegree=Pos32 toweredxcomp
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 prophetessdet
35prophetessprophetessNOUNNumber=Sing33 aloftobl:unmarked
36;;PUNCT_37 tillpunct
37tilltillNOUNNumber=Sing47 smoteobl
38,,PUNCT_39 nearpunct
39nearnearADV_37 tilladvmod
40,,PUNCT_42 steppunct
41ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 stepdet
42stepstepNOUNNumber=Sing47 smotensubj
43wellwellADVDegree=Pos44 knownadvmod
44knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass42 stepacl
45ofofADP_46 Ferguscase
46FergusFergusPROPNNumber=Sing44 knownobl
47smotesmiteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 stoodparataxis
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 earnmod:poss
49earearNOUNNumber=Sing47 smoteobj
50..PUNCT_2 stoodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1standpastLovevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2presspastLoveLove's handsupon Love's eyesvn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
3browpresentthe horror stricken hairthe wantree rules
4bickergerundthe horror stricken hair not said herevn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5risepastmeteorsvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6seempastmeteors not said herevn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
7riseto-infinitivemeteors not said herevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8towerpastLovealoft propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9knowparticiplethe step not said hereof Fergus; well propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fergus=Stimulus
10smitepastthe steptillmeteors's ear objvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer

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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