The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 90

Then Deirdré inly said; ‘We go to die:’ Death-pale she stood, yet spake no further word; Their promise pledged, albeit unwittingly, The worst that might befall them she preferred To treason’s semblance and a vow forsworn: She spread the feast; westward they sailed ere morn.

Who acts: Deirdré, We, promise, Lords · What happens: say, go, die, stand, speak, pledge · To what, where: further word, worst, Lords, vow, feast, ere morn · 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 (Deirdré, We, promise, Lords), 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	4 said	advmod
2	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
3	inly	inly	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	‘	'	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 die	mark
10	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	xcomp
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 pale	punct
12	’	'	PUNCT	_	15 pale	punct
13	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pale	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Death	punct
15	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	conj
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stood	nsubj
17	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 pale	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 spake	punct
19	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	20 spake	cc
20	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 stood	parataxis
21	no	no	ADV	_	22 further	advmod
22	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 word	amod
23	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 spake	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 pledged	punct
25	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 promise	nmod:poss
26	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 pledged	nsubj
27	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 worst	punct
29	albeit	albeit	SCONJ	_	33 worst	mark
30	unwittingly	unwittingly	ADV	_	33 worst	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 unwittingly	punct
32	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 worst	det
33	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 pledged	obj
34	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 befall	nsubj
35	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 befall	aux
36	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 worst	acl:relcl
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 befall	obj
38	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 preferred	nsubj
39	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 befall	ccomp
40	To	to	ADP	_	43 semblance	case
41	treason	treason	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 semblance	nmod:poss
42	’s	's	PART	_	41 treason	case
43	semblance	semblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 preferred	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 vow	cc
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 vow	det
46	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 semblance	conj
47	forsworn	forswear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 vow	acl
48	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 spread	punct
49	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 spread	nsubj
50	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	parataxis
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 feast	det
52	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 spread	obj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 sailed	punct
54	westward	westward	ADV	_	56 sailed	advmod
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 sailed	nsubj
56	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 spread	conj
57	ere	ere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 morn	amod
58	morn	morn	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 sailed	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Deirdré		then	inly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	We				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die	to-infinitive	We not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	stand	past	Deirdré				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	speak speech: other	infinitive		further word			tree rules
6	pledge	past	Lords's promise	the worst			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent bad=Theme
7	befall	might		Lords = lord			tree rules
8	prefer	past	promise			to treason's semblance and a vow	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
9	forswear	participle		a vow not said here			tree rules
10	spread	past	promise	the feast			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feast=Theme
11	sail	past	Lords = lord	ere morn		westward property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme morn=Trajectory
12	promise		Lords = lord				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 90