The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 37
And still the Three above their sister raised Their mighty shields that, like three glittering spheres Glared through the gloom, and friend and foeman dazed; And fierce as living creatures worked their spears Dealing the death around, till all the plain Lay like a death-vault, strewn by warriors slain.
Who acts: friend, living creatures, spears · What happens: raise, glitter, glare, daze, work, deal around · To what, where: mighty shields, three glittering spheres, gloom, spears, death
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 (friend, living creatures, spears), 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 | _ | 8 raised | cc |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 Three | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Three | det |
| 4 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 raised | advcl |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 sister | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sister | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 raised | obl |
| 8 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 shields | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 shields | amod |
| 11 | shields | shield | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 raised | obj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 spheres | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 spheres | punct |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 spheres | case |
| 15 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 spheres | nummod |
| 16 | glittering | glitter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 spheres | amod |
| 17 | spheres | sphere | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 shields | nmod |
| 18 | Glared | glare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 spheres | acl |
| 19 | through | through | ADP | _ | 21 gloom | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 gloom | det |
| 21 | gloom | gloom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Glared | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 dazed | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 dazed | cc |
| 24 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 dazed | nsubj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 foeman | cc |
| 26 | foeman | foeman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 friend | conj |
| 27 | dazed | daze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 raised | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 fierce | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 fierce | cc |
| 30 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 raised | conj |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 worked | mark |
| 32 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 creatures | amod |
| 33 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 worked | nsubj |
| 34 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 fierce | advcl |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 spears | nmod:poss |
| 36 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 worked | obj |
| 37 | Dealing | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 spears | acl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 death | det |
| 39 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Dealing | obj |
| 40 | around | around | ADV | _ | 37 Dealing | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Lay | punct |
| 42 | till | till | ADP | _ | 46 Lay | case |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 plain | det:predet |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 plain | det |
| 45 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Lay | nmod:desc |
| 46 | Lay | Lay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 worked | obl |
| 47 | like | like | ADP | _ | 51 vault | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 vault | det |
| 49 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 vault | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 death | punct |
| 51 | vault | vault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Lay | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 strewn | punct |
| 53 | strewn | strewn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 Lay | conj |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 56 slain | case |
| 55 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 slain | compound |
| 56 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 strewn | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | Brothers's mighty shields | above Brothers's sister; like three glittering spheres that; the Three advcl | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Theme above sister=Destination | ||||
| 2 | glitter | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | glare | participle | three glittering spheres that not said here | the gloom | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gloom=Location | ||||
| 4 | daze | past | friend and foeman | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | work | past | living creatures | Brothers's spears | till Lay all plain like a death vault | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent spear=Material | |||
| 6 | deal around | gerund | Brothers's spears not said here | the death | around property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme | |||
| 7 | strewn | participle | living creatures not said here | by warriors slain | tree rules |
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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