The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 36
And forth they sped through courts foot deep in blood, And reached the gate that issued to the north Where fierceliest raged the fight: and Deirdré trod Midmost between the twain, and Naisi first; And on the battle lion-like they burst.
Who acts: Brothers, gate, fierceliest, Deirdré · What happens: speed, reach, issue, rage, tread, burst · To what, where: courts foot, gate, north, fight, Midmost
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 (Brothers, gate, fierceliest, Deirdré), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sped | cc |
| 2 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 4 sped | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sped | nsubj |
| 4 | sped | speed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 reached | advcl |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 foot | case |
| 6 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 foot | compound |
| 7 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sped | obl |
| 8 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 foot | amod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 blood | case |
| 10 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deep | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reached | punct |
| 12 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 reached | cc |
| 13 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gate | det |
| 15 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reached | obj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 issued | nsubj |
| 17 | issued | issue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gate | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 north | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 north | det |
| 20 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 issued | obl |
| 21 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 23 raged | advmod |
| 22 | fierceliest | fiercely | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 raged | nsubj |
| 23 | raged | rage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 north | acl:relcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 fight | det |
| 25 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 raged | obj |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 trod | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 trod | cc |
| 28 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 trod | nsubj |
| 29 | trod | tread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 reached | conj |
| 30 | Midmost | Midmost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 trod | obj |
| 31 | between | between | ADP | _ | 33 twain | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 twain | det |
| 33 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 trod | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Naisi | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 Naisi | cc |
| 36 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 trod | parataxis |
| 37 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 36 Naisi | advmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 burst | punct |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 burst | cc |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 lion | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 lion | det |
| 42 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lion | compound |
| 43 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 burst | obl |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 lion | punct |
| 45 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 47 burst | mark |
| 46 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 burst | nsubj |
| 47 | burst | burst | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 reached | conj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speed | past | Brothers = brother | courts foot | forth property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through foot=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | reach | past | the gate | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | |||||
| 3 | issue | past | the gate | the north | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to north=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | rage | past | fierceliest | the fight | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location fight=Theme | ||||
| 5 | tread | past | Deirdré | Midmost | between the twain; Naisi parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 6 | burst | present | Brothers = brother | on the battle lion | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lion=Location |
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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