The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 82
There stood they, Fergus loftiest by the head, His sons beside him, stalwart men, and tall, Illan the Fair, Buini the Ruthless Red: Reverent and sweet she kissed them, each and all, She and the Brothers: next they made demand Of news the latest from their native land.
Who acts: meteors, cloud · What happens: stand, kiss, make, demand · To what, where: meteors, demand, news
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 (meteors, cloud), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 stood | expl |
| 2 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 loftiest | punct |
| 5 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 loftiest | nsubj |
| 6 | loftiest | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 head | det |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loftiest | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sons | punct |
| 11 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sons | nmod:poss |
| 12 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 13 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sons | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 men | punct |
| 16 | stalwart | stalwart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 men | compound |
| 17 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 sons | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 tall | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 tall | cc |
| 20 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Illan | punct |
| 22 | Illan | Illan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Fair | det |
| 24 | Fair | Fair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Illan | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Buini | punct |
| 26 | Buini | Buini | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Illan | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Red | det |
| 28 | Ruthless | Ruthless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Red | compound |
| 29 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Illan | flat |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 Reverent | punct |
| 31 | Reverent | Reverent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 sweet | cc |
| 33 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Reverent | appos |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 kissed | nsubj |
| 35 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 sweet | acl:relcl |
| 36 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 kissed | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 each | punct |
| 38 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 Reverent | conj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 all | cc |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 each | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Brothers | punct |
| 42 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 Brothers | nsubj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 Brothers | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Brothers | det |
| 45 | Brothers | Brother | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 Reverent | list |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 49 made | punct |
| 47 | next | next | ADV | _ | 49 made | advmod |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 made | nsubj |
| 49 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stood | conj |
| 50 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | obj |
| 51 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 52 news | case |
| 52 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 demand | nmod |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 latest | det |
| 54 | latest | late | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 49 made | obj |
| 55 | from | from | ADP | _ | 58 land | case |
| 56 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 land | nmod:poss |
| 57 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 land | amod |
| 58 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 latest | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | meteors = meteor | there | Fergus's sons beside Fergus and stalwart men parataxis; Illan and Buini parataxis; Reverent the Brothers cloud parataxis | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | kiss | past | cloud | meteors = meteor | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | make | past | meteors = meteor | demand of news | next property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset demand=Beneficiary late=Product | |||
| 4 | demand | news | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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