The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 8
One night, when Naisi to his rest had passed, Deirdré, long lingering at the bridal door, Her eyes on Ainli and on Ardan cast, Great eyes with tears unused all misted o’er, And took their hands, and spake, in low, soft tone, ‘To you my Naisi’s weal is as your own!
Who acts: Naisi weal · What happens: pass, unus, mist, take, be · To what, where: Naisi, tears, o’er, hands, low soft tone
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 (Naisi weal), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 night | nummod |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 passed | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 night | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 passed | advmod |
| 5 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 rest | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 rest | nmod:poss |
| 8 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Naisi | nmod |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 passed | aux |
| 10 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Deirdré | punct |
| 12 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 passed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lingering | punct |
| 14 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lingering | amod |
| 15 | lingering | lingering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Deirdré | appos |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 door | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 door | det |
| 18 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 door | amod |
| 19 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lingering | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 eyes | punct |
| 21 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 22 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 passed | obl |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 Ainli | case |
| 24 | Ainli | Ainli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 eyes | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 cast | cc |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 cast | case |
| 27 | Ardan | Ardan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 cast | compound |
| 28 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Ainli | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 eyes | punct |
| 30 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 eyes | amod |
| 31 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 eyes | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 tears | case |
| 33 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 eyes | nmod |
| 34 | unused | unus | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 tears | acl |
| 35 | all | all | ADV | _ | 36 misted | advmod |
| 36 | misted | mist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 unused | advcl |
| 37 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 misted | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 took | punct |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 took | cc |
| 40 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 passed | conj |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 hands | nmod:poss |
| 42 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 took | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 spake | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 spake | cc |
| 45 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 took | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 tone | punct |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 tone | case |
| 48 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 tone | amod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 low | punct |
| 50 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 tone | amod |
| 51 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 took | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 own | punct |
| 53 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 own | punct |
| 54 | To | to | ADP | _ | 55 you | case |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 59 weal | nmod |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 Naisi | nmod:poss |
| 57 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 weal | compound |
| 58 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 57 Naisi | case |
| 59 | weal | weal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 own | nsubj |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 own | cop |
| 61 | as | as | ADP | _ | 63 own | case |
| 62 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 own | nmod:poss |
| 63 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 took | parataxis |
| 64 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · perfect · passive | Naisi to Naisi's rest | night | Deirdré obl; Deirdré's eyes on Ainli and Ardan cast and Great eyes with tears obl | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | unus | participle | tears not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | mist | participle | o’er | all property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | past | tears's hands | low soft tone | spake obl | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Value in tone=Location | |||
| 5 | is | present | Naisi weal to you | your nmod:poss; own property | 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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