The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 103
Ere yet great Miledh’s sons to Erin came, Lords of the Gael, Milesian styled more late, An earlier tribe, Tuatha was their name, Likewise Dedannan, ruled the Isle of Fate, A tribe that knew nor clan, nor priest, nor bard, Wild as the waves, and as the sea-cliffs hard.
Who acts: sons, Lords, Tuatha, tribe · What happens: come, style, be, rule, know · To what, where: earlier tribe, name, Isle, clan
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 (sons, Lords, Tuatha, tribe), 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 | Ere | ere | ADV | _ | 2 yet | advmod |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Miledh | amod |
| 4 | Miledh | Miledh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sons | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 Miledh | case |
| 6 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 came | nsubj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Erin | case |
| 8 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sons | nmod |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Lords | punct |
| 11 | Lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 styled | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Gael | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Gael | det |
| 14 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Lords | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Milesian | punct |
| 16 | Milesian | Milesian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Gael | conj |
| 17 | styled | style | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | parataxis |
| 18 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 late | advmod |
| 19 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 styled | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 tribe | punct |
| 21 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 tribe | det |
| 22 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 tribe | amod |
| 23 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 name | punct |
| 25 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 name | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 name | cop |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 name | nmod:poss |
| 28 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 tribe | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Likewise | punct |
| 30 | Likewise | Likewise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 name | appos |
| 31 | Dedannan | Dedannan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Likewise | flat |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 ruled | punct |
| 33 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Isle | det |
| 35 | Isle | Isle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 ruled | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Fate | case |
| 37 | Fate | Fate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Isle | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 tribe | punct |
| 39 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 tribe | det |
| 40 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Isle | appos |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 knew | nsubj |
| 42 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 tribe | acl:relcl |
| 43 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 44 clan | cc |
| 44 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 knew | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 priest | punct |
| 46 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 47 priest | cc |
| 47 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ruled | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 bard | punct |
| 49 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 50 bard | cc |
| 50 | bard | bard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | parataxis |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Wild | punct |
| 52 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 bard | amod |
| 53 | as | as | ADP | _ | 55 waves | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 waves | det |
| 55 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 Wild | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 hard | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 hard | cc |
| 58 | as | as | ADP | _ | 62 cliffs | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 cliffs | det |
| 60 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 cliffs | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 sea | punct |
| 62 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 hard | obl |
| 63 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 came | conj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | great Miledh's sons to Erin | a earlier tribe and tribe's name | yet | bard parataxis | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 2 | style | past | Lords of the Gael and Milesian | late property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | Tuatha | tribe's name | tribe nmod:poss; Likewise appos | tree rules | |||
| 4 | rule | past | great Miledh's sons to Erin not said here | the Isle of Fate | priest obl | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent isle=Result | |||
| 5 | know | past | a tribe | clan | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer clan=Stimulus |
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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