The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 52
Three times with muttered spell he waved that wand, Filling the air with visions of dismay: That hour through Conor’s host, and far beyond, Usnach’s brave clan had carved its desperate way; Yet, galled and broken, hung upon their rear That Bonacht swarm.
Who acts: hand · What happens: mutter, wave, fill, carve, gall, break · To what, where: wand, host, air, brave clan, Bonacht swarm, rear
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 (hand), 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 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 times | nummod |
| 2 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 waved | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 spell | case |
| 4 | muttered | mutter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 spell | amod |
| 5 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waved | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 waved | nsubj |
| 7 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 wand | det |
| 9 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waved | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Filling | punct |
| 11 | Filling | fill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 waved | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 air | det |
| 13 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Filling | obj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 visions | case |
| 15 | visions | vision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 Filling | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 dismay | case |
| 17 | dismay | dismay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 visions | nmod |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 hour | punct |
| 19 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 hour | det |
| 20 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waved | parataxis |
| 21 | through | through | ADP | _ | 24 host | case |
| 22 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 host | nmod:poss |
| 23 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 22 Conor | case |
| 24 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waved | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 carved | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 carved | cc |
| 27 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 28 beyond | advmod |
| 28 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 35 carved | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 carved | punct |
| 30 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 clan | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Usnach | case |
| 32 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 clan | amod |
| 33 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carved | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 carved | aux |
| 35 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 waved | parataxis |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 way | nmod:poss |
| 37 | desperate | desperate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 way | amod |
| 38 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carved | obl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 galled | punct |
| 40 | Yet | yet | ADV | _ | 42 galled | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Yet | punct |
| 42 | galled | gall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 waved | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 broken | cc |
| 44 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 galled | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 hung | punct |
| 46 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 galled | conj |
| 47 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 rear | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 rear | nmod:poss |
| 49 | rear | rear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hung | obl |
| 50 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 swarm | det |
| 51 | Bonacht | Bonacht | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 swarm | compound |
| 52 | swarm | swarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hung | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 waved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mutter speech: assert | participle | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | wave | past | hand | that wand | Conor's host | time | with muttered spell | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient | |
| 3 | fill | gerund | hand not said here | the air | with visions of dismay | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent air=Patient with vision=Instrument | |||
| 4 | carve | past · perfect · passive | Usnach's brave clan | wand's desperate way obl; beyond property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | gall | participle | hand not said here | yet | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | break | participle | hand not said here | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | hang | participle | hand not said here | that Bonacht swarm | hosts's rear | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon rear=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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