The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 106

Fiercer they were, not manlier, than the Gael, Large-handed, swift of foot, dark-haired, dark-eyed, With sudden gleams athwart their faces pale, Transits of fancies swift, or angry pride: Strange lore they boasted, imped by insight keen; Blackened at times by gusts of causeless spleen.

Who acts: gifts, Transits · What happens: not be, hand, swift, boast, imp, blacken · To what, where: swift, angry pride, Strange lore

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 (gifts, Transits), 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	Fiercer	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 manlier	advcl
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 manlier	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manlier	cop
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 manlier	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 manlier	advmod
6	manlier	manly	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Gael	punct
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 Gael	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Gael	det
10	Gael	Gael	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 manlier	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 handed	punct
12	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 handed	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Large	punct
14	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 manlier	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 swift	punct
16	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 handed	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 foot	case
18	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 swift	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 haired	punct
20	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 haired	amod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 dark	punct
22	haired	haired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 swift	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 eyed	punct
24	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 eyed	amod
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 dark	punct
26	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 haired	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gleams	punct
28	With	with	ADP	_	30 gleams	case
29	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 gleams	amod
30	gleams	gleam	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 handed	obl
31	athwart	athwart	ADP	_	33 faces	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 faces	nmod:poss
33	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 gleams	nmod
34	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 gleams	amod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Transits	punct
36	Transits	transit	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 swift	nsubj
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 fancies	case
38	fancies	fancy	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 Transits	nmod
39	swift	swift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 gleams	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 pride	punct
41	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 pride	cc
42	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 pride	amod
43	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 swift	obj
44	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 lore	punct
45	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 lore	amod
46	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 pride	appos
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 boasted	nsubj
48	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 lore	acl:relcl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 imped	punct
50	imped	imp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 lore	acl
51	by	by	ADP	_	53 keen	case
52	insight	insight	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 keen	compound
53	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 imped	obl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 Blackened	punct
55	Blackened	blacken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 manlier	advcl
56	at	at	ADP	_	57 times	case
57	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 Blackened	obl
58	by	by	ADP	_	59 gusts	case
59	gusts	gust	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 Blackened	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 spleen	case
61	causeless	causeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 spleen	amod
62	spleen	spleen	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 gusts	nmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 manlier	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	gifts = gift			than the Gael; manly property	tree rules
2	hand	participle	gifts = gift not said here	swift of foot		with sudden gleams athwart gifts's faces	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swift=Theme
3	swift	present	Transits of fancies	angry pride			tree rules
4	boast speech: other	past	Transits = transit	Strange lore not said here			tree rules
5	imp	participle		Strange lore not said here		by insight keen	tree rules
6	blacken	participle	gifts = gift not said here		time	by gusts of causeless spleen	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 106