The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 1

But when the Brothers told him of their oath In no man’s house to eat, or rest their head, Howe’er to slight a friendly welcome loth, Until with Conor they had broken bread, He turned to Fergus;--‘Oath thou too hast sworn Long since, to pass no friendly feast in scorn.

Who acts: Brothers, Until, thou, Oath · What happens: tell, eat, rest, slight, break, turn · To what, where: Until, house, head, bread, Oath, Fergus · 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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brothers, Until, thou, Oath), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	40 turned	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 told	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Brothers	det
4	Brothers	Brother	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 turned	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 oath	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 oath	nmod:poss
9	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
10	In	in	ADP	_	14 house	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 man	det
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 man	case
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 eat	mark
16	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rest	punct
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 rest	cc
19	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 eat	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 head	nmod:poss
21	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rest	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
23	Howe’er	Howe'er	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 slight	mark
25	slight	slight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 loth	det
27	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 loth	amod
28	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 loth	amod
29	loth	loth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 slight	csubj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
31	Until	Until	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
32	with	with	ADP	_	33 Conor	case
33	Conor	Conor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 broken	nsubj
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 broken	aux
36	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 told	ccomp
37	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 broken	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
39	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 turned	nsubj
40	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 Fergus	case
42	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 turned	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 turned	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	46 Oath	punct
45	‘	'	PUNCT	_	46 Oath	punct
46	Oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 turned	obl
47	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	49 hast	nsubj
48	too	too	ADV	_	49 hast	advmod
49	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 Oath	acl:relcl
50	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 hast	xcomp
51	Long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 since	advmod
52	since	since	ADV	_	50 sworn	advmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 pass	punct
54	to	to	PART	_	55 pass	mark
55	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 turned	parataxis
56	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	58 feast	det
57	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 feast	amod
58	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pass	obj
59	in	in	ADP	_	60 scorn	case
60	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pass	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	40 turned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Brothers		Until	no man's house	of Brothers's oath; with Conor; him = he iobj; Howe’er iobj	tree rules
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Brothers not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rest	infinitive	the Brothers not said here	Brothers's head				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
4	slight not said to happen	to-infinitive						tree rules
5	break	past · perfect	Brothers = brother	bread				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Patient
6	turn	past	Until	Oath	Fergus			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to fergus=Result
7	have	present	thou	Oath not said here				tree rules
8	swear	participle	Oath not said here				since property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	pass	to-infinitive		no friendly feast		scorn		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in scorn=Destination

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 6, sentence 1