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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 96

Meantime the Red-Branch Knights, like men in sleep Trod the vast courts; or like some shepherd boor Who feels his way on cliffs that crest the deep When mist invests the mountain and the moor; Or stood and gazed from far on Deirdré’s brow-- Strong knights of old; men ineffectual now.

Who acts: Meantime, shepherd boor, cliffs, mist · What happens: tread, feel, crest, invest, stand, gaze · To what, where: vast courts, way, cliffs, deep, mountain, men

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 (Meantime, shepherd boor, cliffs, mist), 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

nsubjdetcompoundpunctcompoundnsubjpunctcasensubjcasenmoddetamodobjpunctcccasedetcompoundoblnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjcaseoblnsubjacl:relcldetobjadvmodnsubjadvcldetobjccdetconjpunctccconjccconjcaseoblcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctamodconjcasenmodpunctoblamodadvmodpunctrootMeantimeNOUNtheDETRedPROPN-PUNCTBranchPROPNKnightsPROPN,PUNCTlikeADPmenNOUNinADPsleepNOUNTrodVERBtheDETvastADJcourtsNOUN;PUNCTorCCONJlikeADPsomeDETshepherdNOUNboorNOUNWhoPRONfeelsVERBhisPRONwayNOUNonADPcliffsNOUNthatPRONcrestVERBtheDETdeepADJWhenADVmistNOUNinvestsVERBtheDETmountainNOUNandCCONJtheDETmoorNOUN;PUNCTOrCCONJstoodVERBandCCONJgazedVERBfromADPfarADVonADPDeirdréPROPN’sPARTbrowNOUN--PUNCTStrongADJknightsNOUNofADPoldADJ;PUNCTmenNOUNineffectualADJnowADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeantimemeantimeNOUNNumber=Sing12 Trodnsubj
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Knightsdet
3RedRedPROPNNumber=Sing5 Branchcompound
4--PUNCT_3 Redpunct
5BranchBranchPROPNNumber=Sing6 Knightscompound
6KnightsKnightPROPNNumber=Plur12 Trodnsubj
7,,PUNCT_9 menpunct
8likelikeADP_9 mencase
9menmanNOUNNumber=Plur12 Trodnsubj
10ininADP_11 sleepcase
11sleepsleepNOUNNumber=Sing9 mennmod
12TrodtreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 courtsdet
14vastvastADJDegree=Pos15 courtsamod
15courtscourtNOUNNumber=Plur12 Trodobj
16;;PUNCT_21 boorpunct
17ororCCONJ_21 boorcc
18likelikeADP_21 boorcase
19somesomeDETPronType=Ind21 boordet
20shepherdshepherdNOUNNumber=Sing21 boorcompound
21boorboorNOUNNumber=Sing12 Trodobl
22WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel23 feelsnsubj
23feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 booracl:relcl
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 waynmod:poss
25waywayNOUNNumber=Sing23 feelsobj
26ononADP_27 cliffscase
27cliffscliffNOUNNumber=Plur23 feelsobl
28thatthatPRONPronType=Rel29 crestnsubj
29crestcrestVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 cliffsacl:relcl
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 deepdet
31deepdeepADJDegree=Pos29 crestobj
32WhenwhenADVPronType=Int34 investsadvmod
33mistmistNOUNNumber=Sing34 investsnsubj
34investsinvestVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 crestadvcl
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 mountaindet
36mountainmountainNOUNNumber=Sing34 investsobj
37andandCCONJ_39 moorcc
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 moordet
39moormoorNOUNNumber=Sing36 mountainconj
40;;PUNCT_42 stoodpunct
41OrorCCONJ_42 stoodcc
42stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 Trodconj
43andandCCONJ_44 gazedcc
44gazedgazeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 stoodconj
45fromfromADP_46 farcase
46farfarADVDegree=Pos44 gazedobl
47ononADP_50 browcase
48DeirdréDeirdréPROPNNumber=Sing50 brownmod:poss
49’s'sPART_48 Deirdrécase
50browbrowNOUNNumber=Sing44 gazedobl
51----PUNCT_53 knightspunct
52StrongstrongADJDegree=Pos53 knightsamod
53knightsknightNOUNNumber=Plur50 browconj
54ofofADP_55 oldcase
55oldoldADJDegree=Pos53 knightsnmod
56;;PUNCT_57 menpunct
57menmanNOUNNumber=Plur42 stoodobl
58ineffectualineffectualADJDegree=Pos57 menamod
59nownowADVPronType=Dem42 stoodadvmod
60..PUNCT_12 Trodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1treadpastMeantimethe vast courtslike some shepherd boor; the Branch Knights nsubj; men in sleep nsubjvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location court=Theme
2feelpresentsome shepherd boorman's waycliffsvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme on cliff=Location
3crestpresentcliffsthe deepvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location deep=Theme
4investpresentmistthe mountain and the moorvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent mountain=Goal
5standpastMeantime not said heremennowvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6gazepastMeantime not said hereDeirdré's brow and Strong knights of oldvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from far=Theme

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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