The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 73

Thus mused the king: but while he sat at meat And, later, when the wine had fired his blood, The thought of Deirdré’s face, tender and sweet, Too bright to fade, star-like before him stood: And loud he cried: ‘Sits any brave man here Who dreads not death, and holds King Conor dear?

Who acts: king, brave man · What happens: muse, sit, fire, fade, stand, lou · To what, where: king, meat, wine, brave man, death, face · 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 (king, brave man), 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	Thus	thus	ADV	_	2 mused	advmod
2	mused	muse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mused	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 sat	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 sat	cc
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 sat	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	nsubj
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mused	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 meat	case
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	obl
12	And	and	CCONJ	_	14 later	cc
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 And	punct
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 sat	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fired	punct
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 fired	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wine	det
18	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fired	nsubj:pass
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 fired	aux
20	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sat	advcl
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 blood	nmod:poss
22	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fired	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 thought	punct
24	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 thought	det
25	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 blood	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	29 face	case
27	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 face	nmod:poss
28	’s	's	PART	_	27 Deirdré	case
29	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 thought	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 tender	punct
31	tender	tender	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 face	conj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 sweet	cc
33	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 face	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 bright	punct
35	Too	too	ADV	_	36 bright	advmod
36	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 sweet	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 fade	mark
38	fade	fade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 bright	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 like	punct
40	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 like	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 star	punct
42	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 fade	ccomp
43	before	before	SCONJ	_	45 stood	mark
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 stood	nsubj
45	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 like	advcl
46	:	:	PUNCT	_	48 loud	punct
47	And	and	CCONJ	_	48 loud	cc
48	loud	lou	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 stood	conj
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 cried	nsubj
50	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 loud	conj
51	:	:	PUNCT	_	53 Sits	punct
52	‘	'	PUNCT	_	53 Sits	punct
53	Sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 cried	ccomp
54	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	56 man	det
55	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 man	amod
56	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 Sits	obj
57	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	56 man	advmod
58	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 dreads	nsubj
59	dreads	dread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 man	acl:relcl
60	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 dreads	advmod
61	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 dreads	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 holds	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 holds	cc
64	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 Sits	conj
65	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 holds	obj
66	Conor	Conor	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 King	flat
67	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 holds	xcomp
68	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 mused	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	muse	past		the king		thus property	tree rules
2	sit	past	king		meat	late property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at meat=Location
3	fire	past · perfect · passive		the wine		king's blood and the thought of Deirdré's face and tender obj	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination blood=Theme
4	fade	to-infinitive					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	stand	past	king				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	lou	past	king not said here				tree rules
7	cry speech: express	past	king				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	sit	present		any brave man			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme
9	not dread	present	any brave man	death			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus
10	hold	present		King		dear property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
11	think			Deirdré's face and tender			nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 73