The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 38
And, foot by foot, the hostile hosts fell back; And, more and more, true friends, till then dismayed, Fought by their side, or followed in their track: Due northward t’ward the sea their march they made; And, marching, eyed full oft that fortress fired-- Therein full many a Red-Branch Knight expired.
Who acts: foot, true friends, march, full oft, full many · What happens: fall back, dismay, fight, follow, make, march · To what, where: true friends, track, sea, full oft
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 (foot, true friends, march, full oft), 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 | _ | 10 fell | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 foot | punct |
| 3 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 foot | case |
| 5 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 foot | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fell | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hosts | det |
| 8 | hostile | hostile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hosts | amod |
| 9 | hosts | host | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 fell | advmod |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 friends | punct |
| 13 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 friends | cc |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 And | punct |
| 15 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 true | advmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 more | cc |
| 17 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 15 more | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 more | punct |
| 19 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 friends | amod |
| 20 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fell | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 dismayed | punct |
| 22 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 dismayed | mark |
| 23 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 dismayed | advmod |
| 24 | dismayed | dismay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 friends | acl:relcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Fought | punct |
| 26 | Fought | fight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 friends | acl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 side | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 side | nmod:poss |
| 29 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Fought | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 followed | punct |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 followed | cc |
| 32 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 friends | acl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 track | case |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 track | nmod:poss |
| 35 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 followed | obl |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 Due | punct |
| 37 | Due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fell | conj |
| 38 | northward | northward | ADV | _ | 37 Due | advmod |
| 39 | t’ward | t'ward | ADP | _ | 41 sea | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sea | det |
| 41 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Due | obl |
| 42 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 march | nmod:poss |
| 43 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 made | nsubj |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 made | nsubj |
| 45 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 sea | acl:relcl |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 eyed | punct |
| 47 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 eyed | cc |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 And | punct |
| 49 | marching | march | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 eyed | advcl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 marching | punct |
| 51 | eyed | eye | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 fell | conj |
| 52 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 oft | amod |
| 53 | oft | oft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 eyed | obj |
| 54 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 fortress | nsubj |
| 55 | fortress | fortress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 oft | acl:relcl |
| 56 | fired | fire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 fortress | xcomp |
| 57 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 many | punct |
| 58 | Therein | therein | ADV | _ | 60 many | advmod |
| 59 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 many | amod |
| 60 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 expired | nsubj |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 Knight | det |
| 62 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Branch | compound |
| 63 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 62 Red | punct |
| 64 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Knight | compound |
| 65 | Knight | Knight | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 expired | nsubj |
| 66 | expired | expire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 eyed | advcl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall back | past | foot by foot | the hostile hosts nsubj; true friends conj | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dismay | past | true friends not said here | then | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | fight | participle | true friends not said here | by feet's side | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | follow | participle | true friends not said here | feet's track | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in track=Location | ||||
| 5 | make | past | feet's march | the sea not said here | feet = foot nsubj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sea=Product | |||
| 6 | march | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | eye | past | foot by foot not said here | full oft | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oft=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | fortress | present | full oft | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | fire | participle | full oft not said here | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | expire | past | full many | a Branch Knight nsubj | vn break_down-45.8 «NP 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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