The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 84
Long time in silence stood, and sore amazed, Those brave but simple knights o’er Erin feared: For Usnach’s sons as kings they prized and praised; But like a God King Conor they revered: At last they spake, and after that changed not, ‘We in this war will bear nor part, nor lot.’
Who acts: brave knights, knights, that, We · What happens: stand, fear, prize, praise, revere, speak · To what, where: lot, silence, kings · 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 (brave knights, knights, that, We), 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 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 time | amod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 silence | case |
| 4 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 amazed | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 amazed | cc |
| 8 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 amazed | amod |
| 9 | amazed | amazed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stood | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 knights | punct |
| 11 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 15 knights | det |
| 12 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 knights | amod |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 simple | cc |
| 14 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brave | conj |
| 15 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 feared | nsubj |
| 16 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 17 Erin | case |
| 17 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 knights | nmod |
| 18 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | advcl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 sons | punct |
| 20 | For | for | ADP | _ | 23 sons | case |
| 21 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sons | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 21 Usnach | case |
| 23 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stood | obl |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 kings | case |
| 25 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sons | nmod |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 prized | nsubj |
| 27 | prized | prize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 kings | acl:relcl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 praised | cc |
| 29 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 prized | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 revered | punct |
| 31 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 revered | cc |
| 32 | like | like | ADP | _ | 36 Conor | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 Conor | det |
| 34 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Conor | compound |
| 35 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Conor | compound |
| 36 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 revered | obl |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 revered | nsubj |
| 38 | revered | revere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | parataxis |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 last | punct |
| 40 | At | at | ADP | _ | 41 last | case |
| 41 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 revered | xcomp |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 spake | nsubj |
| 43 | spake | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 last | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 changed | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 changed | cc |
| 46 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 48 changed | mark |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 changed | nsubj |
| 48 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 revered | conj |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 changed | advmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 bear | punct |
| 51 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 bear | punct |
| 52 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 bear | nsubj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 war | case |
| 54 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 war | det |
| 55 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 We | nmod |
| 56 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 bear | aux |
| 57 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 changed | advcl |
| 58 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 59 part | cc |
| 59 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 bear | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 lot | punct |
| 61 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 62 lot | cc |
| 62 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| 64 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | lot | silence | time | for Usnach's sons as kings | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | ||
| 2 | fear | past | that brave knights o'er Erin | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | prize | past | knights = knight | kings not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | praise | past | knights = knight not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | revere | past | knights = knight | like a God King Conor; last property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | speak speech: other | present | knights = knight | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | not change | past | that | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | bear | future | We | part conj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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