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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 27

There Naisi found her ’neath a yew-tree old, Shivering; and she his steps approaching knew Though sleeping still; and through the moonlight cold T’wards him stretched forth her hand so kind and true; And, ‘What, O what is this,’ he said, ‘My Queen?’

Who acts: Naisi, lit, steps, Deirdré · What happens: find, shiver, step, approach, know, sleep · To what, where: lit, hand, moonlight, this · 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 (Naisi, lit, steps, Deirdré), 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

explnsubjobjpunctcasedetcompoundpunctoblamodpunctadvclpunctccnsubjnmod:possnsubjaclparataxismarkccompadvmodpunctcccasedetoblamodapposnmodparataxisadvmodnmod:possobjadvmodadvclccconjpunctccpunctpunctobjpunctcasenmodcopnsubjpunctpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctnmod:possccomppunctpunctrootTherePRONNaisiPROPNfoundVERBherPRON’PUNCTneathADPaDETyewNOUN-PUNCTtreeNOUNoldADJ,PUNCTShiveringVERB;PUNCTandCCONJshePRONhisPRONstepsNOUNapproachingVERBknewVERBThoughSCONJsleepingVERBstillADV;PUNCTandCCONJthroughADPtheDETmoonlightNOUNcoldADJT’wardsPROPNhimPRONstretchedVERBforthADVherPRONhandNOUNsoADVkindADJandCCONJtrueADJ;PUNCTAndCCONJ,PUNCT‘PUNCTWhatPRON,PUNCTOADPwhatPRONisAUXthisPRON,PUNCT’PUNCThePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTMyPRONQueenPROPN?PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem3 foundexpl
2NaisiNaisiPROPNNumber=Sing3 foundnsubj
3foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 foundobj
5’'PUNCT_3 foundpunct
6neathneathADP_10 treecase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 treedet
8yewyewNOUNNumber=Sing10 treecompound
9--PUNCT_8 yewpunct
10treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing3 foundobl
11oldoldADJDegree=Pos10 treeamod
12,,PUNCT_13 Shiveringpunct
13ShiveringshiverVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 foundadvcl
14;;PUNCT_20 knewpunct
15andandCCONJ_18 stepscc
16sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 stepsnsubj
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 stepsnmod:poss
18stepsstepNOUNNumber=Plur20 knewnsubj
19approachingapproachVERBVerbForm=Ger18 stepsacl
20knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 foundparataxis
21ThoughthoughSCONJ_22 sleepingmark
22sleepingsleepVERBVerbForm=Ger20 knewccomp
23stillstillADV_22 sleepingadvmod
24;;PUNCT_32 stretchedpunct
25andandCCONJ_32 stretchedcc
26throughthroughADP_28 moonlightcase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 moonlightdet
28moonlightmoonlightNOUNNumber=Sing32 stretchedobl
29coldcoldADJDegree=Pos30 T’wardsamod
30T’wardsT'wardsPROPNNumber=Sing28 moonlightappos
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 T’wardsnmod
32stretchedstretchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 foundparataxis
33forthforthADV_32 stretchedadvmod
34herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 handnmod:poss
35handhandNOUNNumber=Sing32 stretchedobj
36sosoADV_37 kindadvmod
37kindkindADJDegree=Pos32 stretchedadvcl
38andandCCONJ_39 truecc
39truetrueADJDegree=Pos37 kindconj
40;;PUNCT_53 saidpunct
41AndandCCONJ_53 saidcc
42,,PUNCT_41 Andpunct
43‘'PUNCT_44 Whatpunct
44WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int53 saidobj
45,,PUNCT_47 whatpunct
46OofADPAbbr=Yes47 whatcase
47whatwhatPRONPronType=Int44 Whatnmod
48isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 thiscop
49thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem47 whatnsubj
50,,PUNCT_47 whatpunct
51’'PUNCT_44 Whatpunct
52hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 saidnsubj
53saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 foundparataxis
54,,PUNCT_57 Queenpunct
55‘'PUNCT_57 Queenpunct
56MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs57 Queennmod:poss
57QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing53 saidccomp
58??PUNCT_3 foundpunct
59’'PUNCT_3 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpastNaisilitthereneath a yew treevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic
2shivergerundNaisi not said herevn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3steplitDeirdré nmod:posstree rules
4approachgerundDeirdré's steps not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5knowpastDeirdré's stepsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6sleepgerundstillvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7stretchpastlit's handthe moonlightforth propertyvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
8is apresentthistree rules
9say speech: assertpastDeirdréWhat obj; My Queen ccompvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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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