The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 1
‘And, since the arms he weareth of his sire, Fergus, once king, wear thou mine arms this day, “Ocean,” my shield, that sea-like roars in ire Echoed on Erin’s farthest coasts, men say; And “Victory’s wing,” and “Flying Fate,” my spears And “Death,” my sword, annealed in widows’ tears.’
Who acts: he, king, that, men · What happens: wear, roar, echo, say, fly, anneal · To what, where: thou, ire, farthest coasts, sword, tears · 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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he, king, that, men), 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 | ‘ | ‘ | PUNCT | _ | 8 weareth | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 weareth | cc |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 And | punct |
| 4 | since | since | ADP | _ | 6 arms | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 arms | det |
| 6 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 weareth | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 weareth | nsubj |
| 8 | weareth | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sire | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sire | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 weareth | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Fergus | punct |
| 13 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sire | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wear | punct |
| 15 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 18 wear | mark |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wear | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 king | punct |
| 18 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 weareth | parataxis |
| 19 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 wear | obj |
| 20 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wear | obj |
| 21 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 wear | obj |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 day | det |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 arms | nmod:unmarked |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ocean | punct |
| 25 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ocean | punct |
| 26 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 arms | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 shield | punct |
| 28 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 shield | punct |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 shield | nmod:poss |
| 30 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wear | parataxis |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 roars | punct |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 roars | nsubj |
| 33 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 like | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 sea | punct |
| 35 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 roars | amod |
| 36 | roars | roar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 shield | nmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 ire | case |
| 38 | ire | ire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 roars | nmod |
| 39 | Echoed | echo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 ire | acl |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 coasts | case |
| 41 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 coasts | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 41 Erin | case |
| 43 | farthest | far | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 44 coasts | amod |
| 44 | coasts | coast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 Echoed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 say | punct |
| 46 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 say | nsubj |
| 47 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 shield | parataxis |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 wing | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 wing | cc |
| 50 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 wing | punct |
| 51 | Victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 wing | nmod:poss |
| 52 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 51 Victory | case |
| 53 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 weareth | parataxis |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 wing | punct |
| 55 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 wing | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 Fate | cc |
| 57 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 Fate | punct |
| 58 | Flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 59 Fate | amod |
| 59 | Fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 wing | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Fate | punct |
| 61 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 Fate | punct |
| 62 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 spears | nmod:poss |
| 63 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 Fate | conj |
| 64 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 Death | cc |
| 65 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 66 Death | punct |
| 66 | Death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 spears | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 sword | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 70 sword | punct |
| 69 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 sword | nmod:poss |
| 70 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 spears | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 annealed | punct |
| 72 | annealed | anneal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 70 sword | acl |
| 73 | in | in | ADP | _ | 76 tears | case |
| 74 | widows | widow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 76 tears | nmod:poss |
| 75 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 74 widows | case |
| 76 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 annealed | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 59 Fate | punct |
| 78 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 wing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | he | since the arms | of his sire; Victory's wing and Flying Fate and my spears and Death and my sword parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wear | infinitive | king | thou | mine obj; arms this day Ocean obj; my shield parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 3 | roar | that | ire | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | echo | participle | ire not said here | Erin's farthest coasts | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present | men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | fly in a quote | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | anneal | participle | my sword not said here | widows's tears | tree rules |
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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