The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 70
Upon the right of that dim burial pit Was Conal Carnach standing; on its left Cuchullain; each with brows in sorrow knit, Each with a heart by one sharp memory cleft: For true to Usnach’s sons in word and deed These twain had lived; yet failed them at their need.
Who acts: Conal Carnach, twain, Bonachts · What happens: be, stand, dee, live, fail, need · To what, where: Conal Carnach, left Cuchullain, Bonachts, need
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 (Conal Carnach, twain, Bonachts), 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 3 right | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 right | det |
| 3 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Carnach | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pit | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 pit | nsubj |
| 6 | dim | dim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pit | amod |
| 7 | burial | burial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pit | compound |
| 8 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | nmod |
| 9 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Carnach | cop |
| 10 | Conal | conal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Carnach | amod |
| 11 | Carnach | carnach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 Carnach | acl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 Cuchullain | punct |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 Cuchullain | case |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 Cuchullain | nmod:poss |
| 16 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Cuchullain | amod |
| 17 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 standing | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 each | punct |
| 19 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 Carnach | conj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 brows | case |
| 21 | brows | brow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 each | nmod |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 knit | case |
| 23 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 knit | compound |
| 24 | knit | knit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 brows | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Each | punct |
| 26 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 knit | nmod |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 heart | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 heart | det |
| 29 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Each | nmod |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 cleft | case |
| 31 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 cleft | nummod |
| 32 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 cleft | amod |
| 33 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 cleft | compound |
| 34 | cleft | cleft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Carnach | nmod |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 true | punct |
| 36 | For | for | ADP | _ | 37 true | case |
| 37 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Carnach | parataxis |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 sons | case |
| 39 | Usnach | Usnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sons | nmod:poss |
| 40 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 39 Usnach | case |
| 41 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 true | obl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 word | case |
| 43 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sons | nmod |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 deed | cc |
| 45 | deed | dee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 true | conj |
| 46 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 47 twain | det |
| 47 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lived | nsubj |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 lived | aux |
| 49 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 deed | ccomp |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 failed | punct |
| 51 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 52 failed | advmod |
| 52 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 true | parataxis |
| 53 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 failed | obj |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 56 need | case |
| 55 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 need | nmod:poss |
| 56 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 failed | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 Carnach | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Conal Carnach | upon the right of dim burial pit that; by one sharp memory cleft | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | Conal Carnach not said here | Carnach's left Cuchullain | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cuchullain=Location | ||||
| 3 | dee | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | live | past · perfect | this twain | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fail | past | Bonachts = bonacht | Bonachts's need | yet | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | need | Bonachts = bonacht | nom need «state transitive»: poss=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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