The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 81

In silence sat the chiefs, mindful at once Of duty sworn to Uladh’s king, their Lord, And of his counter-pledge to Usnach’s sons; But all the Bonachts ranged adown the board Rushed forth to boast their zeal, and clutch their prey, Aliens base-born that fought not save for pay.

Who acts: Bonachts, Aliens · What happens: sit, swear, range, rush, boast, clutch · To what, where: chiefs, silence, duty, adown, board, zeal

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 (Bonachts, Aliens), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 silence	case
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chiefs	det
5	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mindful	punct
7	mindful	mindful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sat	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 sat	obl
10	Of	of	ADP	_	11 duty	case
11	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 once	obl
12	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 duty	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 king	case
14	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 king	nmod:poss
15	’s	's	PART	_	14 Uladh	case
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sworn	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Lord	punct
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 Lord	nmod:poss
19	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 king	appos
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 counter-pledge	punct
21	And	and	CCONJ	_	24 counter-pledge	cc
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 counter-pledge	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 counter-pledge	nmod:poss
24	counter-pledge	counter-pledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	conj
25	to	to	ADP	_	28 sons	case
26	Usnach	Usnach	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 sons	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 Usnach	case
28	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 counter-pledge	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 ranged	punct
30	But	but	CCONJ	_	34 ranged	cc
31	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 Bonachts	det:predet
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Bonachts	det
33	Bonachts	bonacht	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 ranged	nsubj
34	ranged	range	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 counter-pledge	acl:relcl
35	adown	adown	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 ranged	obj
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 board	det
37	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 ranged	obj
38	Rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 board	acl
39	forth	forth	ADV	_	38 Rushed	advmod
40	to	to	PART	_	41 boast	mark
41	boast	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 Rushed	advcl
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 zeal	nmod:poss
43	zeal	zeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 boast	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 clutch	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 clutch	cc
46	clutch	clutch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 ranged	conj
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 prey	nmod:poss
48	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 clutch	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Aliens	punct
50	Aliens	alien	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 clutch	obl
51	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 born	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 base	punct
53	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 Aliens	acl
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 save	nsubj
55	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 save	aux
56	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 fought	advmod
57	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 Aliens	acl:relcl
58	for	for	ADP	_	59 pay	case
59	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 save	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past		the chiefs	silence	lord's counter-pledge to Usnach's sons conj	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme in silence=Location
2	swear	participle		duty not said here		to Uladh's king	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	range	past	all Bonachts	adown		the board obj	tree rules
4	rush	participle		the board not said here		forth property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	boast speech: other	to-infinitive		Bonachts's zeal			tree rules
6	clutch	infinitive	all Bonachts not said here	Bonachts's prey		Aliens obl	vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme
7	bear	participle		Aliens not said here		base compound	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
8	save	past	Aliens			for pay	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for pay=Source

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 81