The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 86
‘King Conor caught and caged me, yet a child; King Conor into exile drave these Three; The growing greatness of that race exiled This day he fears; and calls them back: but we Desire a healthier breeze than makes resort Within the perfumed precinct of a court.’
Who acts: King, growing greatness, we · What happens: catch, cage, grow, exile, fear, call back · To what, where: child, me, day, sureties, healthier breeze, resort
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 (King, growing greatness, we), 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 | _ | 4 caught | punct |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 3 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 caged | cc |
| 6 | caged | cage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 caged | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 child | punct |
| 9 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 11 child | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 Conor | punct |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Conor | compound |
| 14 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 drave | case |
| 16 | exile | exile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 drave | compound |
| 17 | drave | drave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Conor | nmod |
| 18 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 19 Three | det |
| 19 | Three | Three | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Conor | appos |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 exiled | punct |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 greatness | det |
| 22 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 greatness | amod |
| 23 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 exiled | nsubj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 race | case |
| 25 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 race | det |
| 26 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 greatness | nmod |
| 27 | exiled | exile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | conj |
| 28 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 day | det |
| 29 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 exiled | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 fears | nsubj |
| 31 | fears | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 day | acl:relcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 calls | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 calls | cc |
| 34 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 exiled | parataxis |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 calls | obj |
| 36 | back | back | ADV | _ | 34 calls | advmod |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 Desire | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 Desire | cc |
| 39 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 Desire | nsubj |
| 40 | Desire | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 calls | conj |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 breeze | det |
| 42 | healthier | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 43 breeze | amod |
| 43 | breeze | breeze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 Desire | obj |
| 44 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 45 makes | mark |
| 45 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 Desire | advcl |
| 46 | resort | resort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 makes | obj |
| 47 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 50 precinct | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 precinct | det |
| 49 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 precinct | amod |
| 50 | precinct | precinct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 makes | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 court | case |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 court | det |
| 53 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 precinct | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 caught | punct |
| 55 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 caught | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | King | a child | King Conor into exile drave obl | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | cage | past | King not said here | me | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 3 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | exile | past | the growing greatness of that race | day | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | fear | present | King | this day not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | call back speech: assert | present | sureties = surety | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | |||||
| 7 | desire | present | we | a healthier breeze | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot breeze=Theme | ||||
| 8 | make | present | we not said here | resort | within the perfumed precinct of a court | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset resort=Product | |||
| 9 | perfume | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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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