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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 9

Thus much and more the legends old avouch-- ‘Ocean,’ King Conor’s shield; for wroth was he A prince’s head beneath his shade should crouch, And wroth Emania’s coming doom to see: Three times the shield sent forth that sea-like roar; And thrice the three chief waves on Erin’s shore

Who acts: you, Fiacre, shade, shield, wroth Emania · What happens: avouch, be, crouch, come, see, send · To what, where: Ocean, coming doom, Three times

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 (you, Fiacre, shade, shield), 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

advmodadvmodccadvmoddetobl:unmarkedamodpunctpunctobjpunctcasenmod:possflatcaseoblpunctcaseamodcopnsubjdetnmod:posscaseoblmarknmod:possnsubjauxaclpunctccamodnmod:posscaseamodobjmarkaclpunctnummodobl:unmarkeddetnsubjacl:relcladvmodmarkcompoundpunctamodadvclpunctcccasedetnummodamodoblcasenmod:posscasenmodrootThusADVmuchADVandCCONJmoreADJtheDETlegendsNOUNoldADJavouchVERB--PUNCT‘PUNCTOceanPROPN,PUNCT’ADPKingPROPNConorPROPN’sPARTshieldNOUN;PUNCTforADPwrothADJwasAUXhePRONADETprinceNOUN’sPARTheadNOUNbeneathADPhisPRONshadeNOUNshouldAUXcrouchVERB,PUNCTAndCCONJwrothADJEmaniaPROPN’sPARTcomingVERBdoomNOUNtoPARTseeVERB:PUNCTThreeNUMtimesNOUNtheDETshieldNOUNsentVERBforthADVthatSCONJseaNOUN-PUNCTlikeADJroarNOUN;PUNCTAndCCONJthriceADPtheDETthreeNUMchiefADJwavesNOUNonADPErinPROPN’sPARTshoreNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThusthusADV_2 muchadvmod
2muchmuchADV_4 moreadvmod
3andandCCONJ_4 morecc
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp7 oldadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 legendsdet
6legendslegendNOUNNumber=Plur7 oldobl:unmarked
7oldoldADJDegree=Pos8 avouchamod
8avouchavouchVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
9----PUNCT_11 Oceanpunct
10‘'PUNCT_11 Oceanpunct
11OceanOceanPROPNNumber=Sing8 avouchobj
12,,PUNCT_17 shieldpunct
13’'ADP_17 shieldcase
14KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing17 shieldnmod:poss
15ConorConorPROPNNumber=Sing14 Kingflat
16’s'sPART_14 Kingcase
17shieldshieldNOUNNumber=Sing8 avouchobl
18;;PUNCT_26 headpunct
19forforADP_26 headcase
20wrothwrothADJDegree=Pos26 headamod
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 headcop
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 headnsubj
23AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 princedet
24princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing26 headnmod:poss
25’s'sPART_24 princecase
26headheadNOUNNumber=Sing8 avouchobl
27beneathbeneathADP_31 crouchmark
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 shadenmod:poss
29shadeshadeNOUNNumber=Sing31 crouchnsubj
30shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin31 crouchaux
31crouchcrouchVERBVerbForm=Inf26 headacl
32,,PUNCT_38 doompunct
33AndandCCONJ_38 doomcc
34wrothwrothADJDegree=Pos35 Emaniaamod
35EmaniaEmaniaPROPNNumber=Sing38 doomnmod:poss
36’s'sPART_35 Emaniacase
37comingcomeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part38 doomamod
38doomdoomNOUNNumber=Sing31 crouchobj
39totoPART_40 seemark
40seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf38 doomacl
41::PUNCT_43 timespunct
42ThreethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card43 timesnummod
43timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur38 doomobl:unmarked
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 shielddet
45shieldshieldNOUNNumber=Sing46 sentnsubj
46sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 timesacl:relcl
47forthforthADV_46 sentadvmod
48thatthatSCONJ_52 roarmark
49seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing51 likecompound
50--PUNCT_49 seapunct
51likelikeADJDegree=Pos52 roaramod
52roarroarNOUNNumber=Sing46 sentadvcl
53;;PUNCT_59 wavespunct
54AndandCCONJ_59 wavescc
55thricethriceADP_59 wavescase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 wavesdet
57threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card59 wavesnummod
58chiefchiefADJDegree=Pos59 wavesamod
59waveswaveNOUNNumber=Plur8 avouchobl
60ononADP_63 shorecase
61ErinErinPROPNNumber=Sing63 shorenmod:poss
62’s'sPART_61 Erincase
63shoreshoreNOUNNumber=Sing59 wavesnmod

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1avouchimperativeyou not said hereOcean' King's shield; thrice the three chief waves on Erin's shoretree rules
2ispastFiacrefor a prince's wroth head; a prince nmod:posstree rules
3crouchshouldFiacre's shadewroth Emania's coming doom Three timesvn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doom=Theme
4comegerundvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5seeto-infinitiveFiacre's shade not said herewroth Emania's coming doom Three times not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6sendpastthe shieldThree times not said herelike roar advcl; forth propertyvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme
7shadeFiacrenom shade «state transitive»: poss=agent
8doomwroth Emanianom doom «event 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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