The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 85
Then Naisi and the brethren rose in joy; But Deirdré came before them speaking thus, ‘King--for, except the race and stock of Roy, O’er Uladh kings may reign, but not o’er us-- The eagle lives not save in large domain: My husband won this land, and here must reign!
Who acts: Naisi, Deirdré, sureties, kings, eagle, husband · What happens: rise, come, speak, reign, not o'er, not live · To what, where: joy, King, race, us, large domain, land · Speech: someone speaks here
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, Deirdré, sureties, kings), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 rose | advmod |
| 2 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 rose | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 brethren | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brethren | det |
| 5 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Naisi | conj |
| 6 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 joy | case |
| 8 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rose | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
| 10 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 Deirdré | cc |
| 11 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 rose | conj |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 15 speaking | mark |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 speaking | nsubj |
| 15 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 came | advcl |
| 16 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 15 speaking | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 King | punct |
| 18 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 King | punct |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 20 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 25 race | punct |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 race | case |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 race | punct |
| 23 | except | except | ADP | _ | 25 race | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 race | det |
| 25 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 stock | cc |
| 27 | stock | stock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 race | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Roy | case |
| 29 | Roy | Roy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 race | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 O’er | punct |
| 31 | O’er | O'er | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Roy | conj |
| 32 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 O’er | flat |
| 33 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 reign | nsubj |
| 34 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 reign | aux |
| 35 | reign | reign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 race | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 o’er | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 o’er | cc |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 o’er | advmod |
| 39 | o’er | o'er | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 came | conj |
| 40 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 o’er | obj |
| 41 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 44 lives | punct |
| 42 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 eagle | det |
| 43 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 lives | nsubj |
| 44 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 o’er | conj |
| 45 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 lives | advmod |
| 46 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 lives | xcomp |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 domain | case |
| 48 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 domain | amod |
| 49 | domain | domain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 save | obl |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 53 won | punct |
| 51 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 husband | nmod:poss |
| 52 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 won | nsubj |
| 53 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 rose | conj |
| 54 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 land | det |
| 55 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 won | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 here | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 here | cc |
| 58 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 53 won | conj |
| 59 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 reign | aux |
| 60 | reign | reign | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 here | parataxis |
| 61 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | Naisi and the brethren | joy | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in joy=Location | |||
| 2 | come | past | Deirdré | King | for the race of Roy and O’er and stock | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | speak speech: other | gerund | sureties = surety | thus property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | reign | may | kings | the race of Roy and O’er and stock not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not o'er | infinitive | Deirdré not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not live | present | the eagle | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | save | infinitive | the eagle not said here | large domain | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | win | past | My husband | this land | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | reign | must | tree rules | ||||||
| 10 | race | Roy and O’er | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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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