The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 20
But when the tidings came, ‘Fiacre is dead,’ King Conor dropped in swoon; and if that hour Illan had lived, and not the Ruthless Red, All Eman’s chiefs had joined to his their power; For Illan, like his sire, had Eman’s love:-- Thus Fate round Usnach’s Sons her net enwove.
Who acts: tidings, Fiacre, King, hour, Eman · What happens: come, be, drop, live, not join, have · To what, where: swoon, Ruthless Red, love
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 (tidings, Fiacre, King, hour), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 dead | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 came | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tidings | det |
| 4 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 dead | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
| 7 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 dead | punct |
| 8 | Fiacre | Fiacre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 dead | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 dead | cop |
| 10 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dead | punct |
| 12 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 dead | punct |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | nsubj |
| 14 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 King | flat |
| 15 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 dead | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 swoon | case |
| 17 | swoon | swoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 lived | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 lived | cc |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 lived | mark |
| 21 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 hour | det |
| 22 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lived | nsubj |
| 23 | Illan | Illan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 hour | appos |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 lived | aux |
| 25 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 dropped | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 joined | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 joined | cc |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 joined | advmod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Red | det |
| 30 | Ruthless | Ruthless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Red | compound |
| 31 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 joined | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 chiefs | punct |
| 33 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 Eman | det |
| 34 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 chiefs | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 Eman | case |
| 36 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 joined | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 joined | aux |
| 38 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 dropped | parataxis |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 power | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 power | nmod:poss |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 power | nmod:poss |
| 42 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 joined | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 had | punct |
| 44 | For | for | ADP | _ | 45 Illan | case |
| 45 | Illan | Illan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 had | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 sire | punct |
| 47 | like | like | ADP | _ | 49 sire | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 sire | nmod:poss |
| 49 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Illan | appos |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Illan | punct |
| 51 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 dead | parataxis |
| 52 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 love | nmod:poss |
| 53 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 52 Eman | case |
| 54 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 had | obj |
| 55 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 had | punct |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 58 Fate | punct |
| 57 | Thus | Thus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Fate | compound |
| 58 | Fate | Fate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 dead | conj |
| 59 | round | round | ADP | _ | 62 Sons | case |
| 60 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Sons | nmod:poss |
| 61 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 60 Usnach | case |
| 62 | Sons | Son | PROPN | Number=Plur | 58 Fate | nmod |
| 63 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 enwove | nmod:poss |
| 64 | net | net | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 enwove | amod |
| 65 | enwove | enwove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 Sons | nsubj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 dead | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the tidings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Fiacre | Thus Fate round Usnach's Sons Usnach's net enwove conj; dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drop | past | King | swoon | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in swoon=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | live a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | that hour | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | not join | past · perfect · passive | the Ruthless Red | to Illan's power; all Eman's chiefs nsubj:pass | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to power=Co-Patient | ||||
| 6 | have | past | Eman's love | for Illan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Patient | ||||
| 7 | love | Eman | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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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