The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 68
At noon the direful battle ceased: That glorious Three who late the world o’er-strode Lay facing to the South, and West, and East; A frozen spectre Deirdré o’er them stood: The Bonachts gat their hire:--kneeling drew near Uladh’s sad sons, with many a moan and tear.
Who acts: direful battle, world, o’er strode, frozen spectre, Bonachts · What happens: cease, late, strode, face, freeze, stand · To what, where: West, hire
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 (direful battle, world, o’er strode, frozen spectre), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 noon | case |
| 2 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ceased | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 battle | det |
| 4 | direful | direful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 battle | amod |
| 5 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ceased | nsubj |
| 6 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 late | punct |
| 8 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 Three | nsubj |
| 9 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Three | amod |
| 10 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 late | advcl |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 late | nsubj |
| 12 | late | late | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ceased | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 strode | det |
| 14 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 strode | nsubj |
| 15 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 strode | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 strode | punct |
| 17 | strode | strode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 late | obj |
| 18 | Lay | Lay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 strode | flat |
| 19 | facing | face | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 strode | acl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 South | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 South | det |
| 22 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 facing | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 West | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 West | cc |
| 25 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 late | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 East | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 East | cc |
| 28 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 late | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 stood | punct |
| 30 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 spectre | det |
| 31 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 spectre | amod |
| 32 | spectre | spectre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 stood | nsubj |
| 33 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 spectre | appos |
| 34 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 35 them | case |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 spectre | nmod |
| 36 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ceased | conj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 gat | punct |
| 38 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Bonachts | det |
| 39 | Bonachts | bonacht | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 gat | nsubj |
| 40 | gat | gat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 stood | ccomp |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 hire | nmod:poss |
| 42 | hire | hire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gat | obj |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 gat | punct |
| 44 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 45 kneeling | punct |
| 45 | kneeling | kneel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 drew | nsubj |
| 46 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 stood | parataxis |
| 47 | near | near | ADP | _ | 51 sons | case |
| 48 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 sons | nmod:poss |
| 49 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 48 Uladh | case |
| 50 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 sons | amod |
| 51 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 drew | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 moan | punct |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 56 moan | case |
| 54 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 moan | amod |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 moan | det |
| 56 | moan | moan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 drew | parataxis |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 tear | cc |
| 58 | tear | tear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 moan | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 ceased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | participle | the direful battle | noon | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | late | past | West | East obl; glorious Three That advcl; who nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | strode | world | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | face | gerund | the o’er strode not said here | to the South | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | stand | past | a frozen spectre o'er worlds | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | gat | present | the Bonachts | worlds's hire | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | kneel | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | draw | past | near Uladh's sad sons; a many moan and tear parataxis | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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