The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 51
He spake, and softly to the Druid stept And pressed that Druid’s hand to lips and eyes; Then o’er the old man’s heart compassion crept, With flatter’d pride, which oft to good and wise Makes way, thus veiled, in weak, unwary hour; And o’er the North he waved his wand of power.
Who acts: heart compassion, North · What happens: press, creep, ', veil, wave · To what, where: Makes, wand, spake
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 (heart compassion, North), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spake | nsubj |
| 2 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stept | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stept | cc |
| 5 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 9 stept | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 stept | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stept | det |
| 8 | Druid | Druid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 stept | compound |
| 9 | stept | stept | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spake | appos |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pressed | cc |
| 11 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stept | conj |
| 12 | that | that | ADP | _ | 15 hand | case |
| 13 | Druid | Druid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 hand | nmod:poss |
| 14 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 13 Druid | case |
| 15 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pressed | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 lips | case |
| 17 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 pressed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 eyes | cc |
| 19 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 lips | conj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 o’er | punct |
| 21 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 o’er | advmod |
| 22 | o’er | o' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 spake | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 man | det |
| 24 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 man | amod |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 compassion | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 man | case |
| 27 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 compassion | compound |
| 28 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 crept | nsubj |
| 29 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 o’er | parataxis |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 pride | punct |
| 31 | With | with | ADP | _ | 34 pride | case |
| 32 | flatter | flat | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 34 pride | amod |
| 33 | ’d | ' | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 pride | amod |
| 34 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 crept | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 oft | punct |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 oft | nsubj |
| 37 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 pride | conj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 good | case |
| 39 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 oft | obl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 wise | cc |
| 41 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 oft | conj |
| 42 | Makes | Make | PROPN | Number=Plur | 29 crept | obl |
| 43 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Makes | xcomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 veiled | punct |
| 45 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 46 veiled | advmod |
| 46 | veiled | veil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 Makes | acl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 hour | punct |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 hour | case |
| 49 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 hour | amod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 weak | punct |
| 51 | unwary | unwary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 hour | amod |
| 52 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 veiled | conj |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 o’er | punct |
| 54 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 o’er | cc |
| 55 | o’er | o' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 spake | conj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 North | det |
| 57 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 waved | nsubj |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 waved | nsubj |
| 59 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 o’er | advcl |
| 60 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 wand | nmod:poss |
| 61 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 waved | obj |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 power | case |
| 63 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 wand | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spake | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | past | that Druid's hand; to lips and eyes | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | creep | past | the old man's heart compassion | Makes way | with flatter ’d pride | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pride=Theme | |||
| 3 | ' | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | veil | participle | Makes way not said here | thus property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | wave | past | the North | hand's wand of power | hand nsubj | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=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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