The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 84
‘Likewise of this, a kingdom’s oath and pledge, I stand myself, surety and guarantee: Conor in turn, to dull past injury’s edge Demands, implores a single vow from thee, That till beside his board thou breakest bread No meaner house than his shall roof thy head.’
Who acts: I, surety, thou · What happens: stand, implore, break · To what, where: oath, single vow, thee, 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 (I, surety, thou), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 Likewise | punct |
| 2 | Likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 9 oath | advmod |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 this | case |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Likewise | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Likewise | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 oath | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 kingdom | case |
| 9 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stand | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pledge | cc |
| 11 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 oath | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stand | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 stand | nsubj |
| 14 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 stand | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 surety | punct |
| 17 | surety | surety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 implores | nsubj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 guarantee | cc |
| 19 | guarantee | guarantee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 surety | conj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 Conor | punct |
| 21 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 implores | nsubj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 turn | case |
| 23 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Conor | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 edge | punct |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 injury | mark |
| 26 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 injury | amod |
| 27 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 injury | amod |
| 28 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 edge | compound |
| 29 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 28 injury | case |
| 30 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Conor | appos |
| 31 | Demands | Demands | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 edge | appos |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 implores | punct |
| 33 | implores | implore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stand | parataxis |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 vow | det |
| 35 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 vow | amod |
| 36 | vow | vow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 implores | obj |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 thee | case |
| 38 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 33 implores | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 till | punct |
| 40 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 till | det |
| 41 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 breakest | obl |
| 42 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 44 board | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 board | nmod:poss |
| 44 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 till | nmod |
| 45 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 46 breakest | nsubj |
| 46 | breakest | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 implores | conj |
| 47 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 breakest | obj |
| 48 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 house | det |
| 49 | meaner | meaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 house | compound |
| 50 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 bread | appos |
| 51 | than | than | ADP | _ | 54 roof | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 roof | nmod:poss |
| 53 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 roof | aux |
| 54 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 house | nmod |
| 55 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 56 head | nmod:poss |
| 56 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 roof | nsubj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 stand | punct |
| 58 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 stand | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | I | a kingdom's oath and pledge | myself obj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | implore | present | surety and guarantee | a single vow | thee | Conor in turn nsubj | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Recipient | ||
| 3 | break | present | thou | that till beside Conor's board | bread obj | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=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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