The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 76
Yet clomb he darkling, to that casement high; And Deirdré turned her face:--in awe and fear Of that great splendour o’er it shed, the spy Slid from his place, and, racing like a deer, To Conor cried; ‘As shines in heaven the sun, So she on earth: and like her there is none!’
Who acts: clomb, face, Conor · What happens: darkl, turn, shed, race, cry, fear · To what, where: casement, face, awe, great splendour o’er, shines, heaven
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 (clomb, face, Conor), 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 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 2 clomb | cc |
| 2 | clomb | clomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 darkling | nsubj |
| 4 | darkling | darkl | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 clomb | acl:relcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 casement | punct |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 casement | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 casement | det |
| 8 | casement | casement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 darkling | obj |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 casement | amod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 turned | punct |
| 11 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 turned | cc |
| 12 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | nsubj |
| 13 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 face | nmod:poss |
| 15 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | obj |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 awe | punct |
| 17 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 19 awe | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 awe | case |
| 19 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 fear | cc |
| 21 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 awe | conj |
| 22 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 26 o’er | case |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 o’er | nsubj |
| 24 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 o’er | amod |
| 25 | splendour | splendour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 o’er | compound |
| 26 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fear | nmod |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 shed | nsubj |
| 28 | shed | shed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 o’er | acl:relcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 spy | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 spy | det |
| 31 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 awe | conj |
| 32 | Slid | Slid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 spy | appos |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 place | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 place | nmod:poss |
| 35 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turned | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 racing | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 racing | cc |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 racing | punct |
| 39 | racing | race | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 turned | advcl |
| 40 | like | like | ADP | _ | 42 deer | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 deer | det |
| 42 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 racing | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 cried | punct |
| 44 | To | to | ADP | _ | 46 cried | case |
| 45 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 cried | nsubj |
| 46 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 turned | conj |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 shines | punct |
| 48 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 50 shines | punct |
| 49 | As | as | ADP | _ | 50 shines | case |
| 50 | shines | shine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 cried | obj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 heaven | case |
| 52 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 shines | nmod |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 sun | det |
| 54 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 shines | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 ’ | punct |
| 56 | So | so | ADV | _ | 68 ’ | advmod |
| 57 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 ’ | nsubj |
| 58 | on | on | ADP | _ | 59 earth | case |
| 59 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 she | nmod |
| 60 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 68 ’ | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 ’ | cc |
| 62 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 65 is | mark |
| 63 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 is | nmod:poss |
| 64 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 65 is | expl |
| 65 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 ’ | cop |
| 66 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 65 is | nsubj |
| 67 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 66 none | punct |
| 68 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | darkl | gerund | clomb | that casement | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | clomb | Trendorn's face | awe and fear of great splendour o’er that and the spy | from Deirdré's place; Deirdré nsubj; Conor nsubj | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in awe=Source from place=Trajectory | ||
| 3 | shed | past | face | great splendour o’er that not said here | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location o'er=Source | ||||
| 4 | race | gerund | clomb not said here | like a deer | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | cry speech: express | past | Conor | shines the sun | heaven | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shine=Topic | |||
| 6 | fear | great splendour o’er that | nom fear «feeling 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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