The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 21
Around the Red-Branch House that Bonacht host Gathered once more: but on the left the might Of Ardan backward hurled them and their boast; And Ainli’s strength rebuked them on the right: Till came to Conor’s heart a wingèd thought; And ‘Fire!’ he cried; and branch and beam were brought,
Who acts: Bonacht host, Ardan, strength, Till, Branch House, hosts · What happens: gather, hurl, rebuke, come, cry, bring · To what, where: Branch House, hosts, right, heart, Fire, branch
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 (Bonacht host, Ardan, strength, Till), 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 | Around | around | ADP | _ | 6 House | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 House | det |
| 3 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Branch | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Red | punct |
| 5 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 House | compound |
| 6 | House | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 Gathered | obj |
| 8 | Bonacht | Bonacht | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 host | compound |
| 9 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Gathered | nsubj |
| 10 | Gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 House | acl:relcl |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 more | advmod |
| 12 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 Gathered | advmod |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 62 brought | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 62 brought | cc |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 left | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 left | det |
| 17 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 brought | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Ardan | det |
| 19 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 Ardan | aux |
| 20 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Ardan | case |
| 21 | Ardan | Ardan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 hurled | nsubj |
| 22 | backward | backward | ADV | _ | 23 hurled | advmod |
| 23 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 brought | advcl |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 hurled | obj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 boast | cc |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 boast | nmod:poss |
| 27 | boast | boast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 them | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 rebuked | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 rebuked | cc |
| 30 | Ainli | Ainli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 strength | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Ainli | case |
| 32 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rebuked | nsubj |
| 33 | rebuked | rebuke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 hurled | conj |
| 34 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 rebuked | obj |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 right | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 right | det |
| 37 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rebuked | obl |
| 38 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 came | punct |
| 39 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 came | nsubj |
| 40 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 rebuked | conj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 heart | case |
| 42 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 heart | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 42 Conor | case |
| 44 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 came | obl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 thought | det |
| 46 | wingèd | wingèd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 thought | amod |
| 47 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 heart | conj |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 cried | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 Fire | cc |
| 50 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 Fire | punct |
| 51 | Fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 cried | obl |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 51 Fire | punct |
| 53 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 Fire | punct |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 cried | nsubj |
| 55 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 came | conj |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 brought | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 brought | cc |
| 58 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 beam | cc |
| 60 | beam | beam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 branch | conj |
| 61 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 brought | aux:pass |
| 62 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 House | acl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 House | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | Bonacht host | the Branch House | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurl | past | the Ardan | hosts = host | backward property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | rebuke | past | Ainli's strength | hosts = host | the right | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 4 | come | past | Till | Conor's heart and a wingèd thought | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heart=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | cry speech: express | past | Till | Fire | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | bring | past · passive | the Branch House not said here | branch and beam | the left | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on left=Destination | |||
| 8 | boast | hosts = host | nom boast «communication intransitive»: 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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