The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 82
To these were joined the vile ones of the street; For in their breasts Conor this seed had sown, Imposture sordid, and obscene conceit, ‘Traitors, in Alba late to princes grown, Would make their Pictish tyrant Uladh’s king!’
Who acts: Alba · What happens: join, sow, grow, make · To what, where: these, seed, princes, Pictish tyrant
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 (Alba), 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 | To | to | SCONJ | _ | 4 joined | mark |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 joined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 joined | aux:pass |
| 4 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ones | det |
| 6 | vile | vile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 joined | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 street | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 street | det |
| 10 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ones | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 sown | punct |
| 12 | For | for | ADP | _ | 15 breasts | case |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 breasts | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 breasts | nmod:poss |
| 15 | breasts | breast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 sown | obl |
| 16 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 breasts | appos |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 seed | det |
| 18 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sown | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 sown | aux |
| 20 | sown | sow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 joined | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Imposture | punct |
| 22 | Imposture | imposture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sown | obj |
| 23 | sordid | sordid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Imposture | amod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 conceit | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 conceit | cc |
| 26 | obscene | obscene | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 conceit | amod |
| 27 | conceit | conceit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Imposture | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Traitors | punct |
| 29 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 Traitors | punct |
| 30 | Traitors | traitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 Imposture | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Alba | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 Alba | case |
| 33 | Alba | Alba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 make | nsubj |
| 34 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 princes | advmod |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 princes | case |
| 36 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 make | nsubj |
| 37 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 princes | acl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 grown | punct |
| 39 | Would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 make | aux |
| 40 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 sown | parataxis |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 tyrant | nmod:poss |
| 42 | Pictish | pictish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 tyrant | amod |
| 43 | tyrant | tyrant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 make | obj |
| 44 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 king | nmod:poss |
| 45 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 44 Uladh | case |
| 46 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 tyrant | appos |
| 47 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 joined | punct |
| 48 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 joined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | past · passive | these | the vile ones of the street obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sow | past · perfect · passive | this seed | for streets's breasts; Imposture and obscene conceit and Traitors obj | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow | participle | princes not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | make | would | Alba | princes's Pictish tyrant | princes nsubj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Product |
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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