The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 29
‘A dream it was that kept me from thy side: Wakeful all day that dream I saw, and see: I saw great Fergus’ sons beside us ride, Brothers in blood; disjoined in destiny: Illan a bleeding bulk without a head, I saw: yet true he proved when traitors fled.
Who acts: dream, day, I, you, sons, bulk · What happens: keep, dream, see, ride, disjoin, prove · To what, where: me, side, Illan, Brothers, blood, destiny · 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 (dream, day, I, you), 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 | _ | 7 kept | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dream | det |
| 3 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 was | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dream | acl:relcl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 kept | nsubj |
| 7 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 see | advcl |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 kept | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 side | case |
| 10 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 side | nmod:poss |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kept | obl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Wakeful | punct |
| 13 | Wakeful | wakeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kept | conj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 day | det |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Wakeful | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 dream | nsubj |
| 17 | dream | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 day | acl:relcl |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 saw | nsubj |
| 19 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 dream | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 see | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 see | cc |
| 22 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 saw | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 saw | nsubj |
| 25 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 see | ccomp |
| 26 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Fergus | amod |
| 27 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 sons | nmod:poss |
| 28 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 27 Fergus | case |
| 29 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 ride | nsubj |
| 30 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 31 us | case |
| 31 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 sons | nmod |
| 32 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 saw | ccomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Brothers | punct |
| 34 | Brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 ride | obl |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 blood | case |
| 36 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 ride | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 disjoined | punct |
| 38 | disjoined | disjoin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 see | conj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 destiny | case |
| 40 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 disjoined | obl |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 42 Illan | punct |
| 42 | Illan | Illan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 see | obl |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 bulk | det |
| 44 | bleeding | bleeding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bulk | compound |
| 45 | bulk | bulk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Illan | appos |
| 46 | without | without | ADP | _ | 48 head | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 head | det |
| 48 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 see | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 saw | punct |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 saw | nsubj |
| 51 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 see | conj |
| 52 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 54 true | punct |
| 53 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 54 true | advmod |
| 54 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 saw | xcomp |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 proved | nsubj |
| 56 | proved | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 true | conj |
| 57 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 59 fled | advmod |
| 58 | traitors | traitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 fled | nsubj |
| 59 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 proved | ccomp |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | a dream | me | thy side | that nsubj | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary from side=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | dream | present | all day | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | see | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | see | imperative | you not said here | Illan | without a head | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | see | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | ride | present | great Fergus's sons beside us | Brothers | blood | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | disjoin | participle | you not said here | destiny | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | see | past | I | true property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | prove | past | bulk | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 10 | flee | past | traitors | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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