The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 2
‘Behold, for thee this day my board is decked; My dish is garnished; and my fatlings slain: Likewise to greet thee many a chief elect Hath sped this day from distant vale and plain: If vain their zeal, and all that loyal haste To greet my guest, I stand henceforth disgraced.’
Who acts: chief elect, I · What happens: deck, garnish, greet, have, speed, stand · To what, where: board, dish, thee, guest
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 (chief elect, I), 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 | _ | 11 decked | punct |
| 2 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 11 decked | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 decked | punct |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 thee | case |
| 5 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 decked | obl |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 decked | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 board | nmod:poss |
| 9 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 decked | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 decked | aux:pass |
| 11 | decked | deck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 garnished | punct |
| 13 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 dish | nmod:poss |
| 14 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 garnished | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 garnished | aux:pass |
| 16 | garnished | garnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 decked | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 slain | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 slain | cc |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 slain | nmod:poss |
| 20 | fatlings | fatling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 slain | compound |
| 21 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 decked | parataxis |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 greet | punct |
| 23 | Likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 25 greet | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 greet | mark |
| 25 | greet | greet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 slain | parataxis |
| 26 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 greet | obj |
| 27 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 greet | obj |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 elect | det |
| 29 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 elect | amod |
| 30 | elect | elect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Hath | nsubj |
| 31 | Hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 greet | parataxis |
| 32 | sped | speed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 Hath | xcomp |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 day | det |
| 34 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sped | obl:unmarked |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 vale | case |
| 36 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 vale | amod |
| 37 | vale | vale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 day | nmod |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 plain | cc |
| 39 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 vale | conj |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 zeal | punct |
| 41 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 vain | mark |
| 42 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 zeal | amod |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 zeal | nmod:poss |
| 44 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 greet | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 haste | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 haste | cc |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 haste | det:predet |
| 48 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 haste | det |
| 49 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 haste | amod |
| 50 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 zeal | appos |
| 51 | To | to | PART | _ | 52 greet | mark |
| 52 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 haste | acl |
| 53 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 guest | nmod:poss |
| 54 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 greet | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 stand | punct |
| 56 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 stand | nsubj |
| 57 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 greet | conj |
| 58 | henceforth | henceforth | ADV | _ | 59 disgraced | advmod |
| 59 | disgraced | disgrace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 stand | advcl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 decked | punct |
| 61 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 decked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deck | present · passive | my board | day | for thee; my fatlings slain parataxis | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||
| 2 | garnish | present · passive | My dish | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 3 | greet speech: greet | to-infinitive | thee | vale's vain zeal obj; likewise property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have | present | a chief elect | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | speed | participle | a chief elect not said here | day | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | greet speech: greet | to-infinitive | my guest | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme | |||||
| 7 | stand | present | I | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | disgrace | participle | I not said here | henceforth property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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