The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 1
Then to the Gael their bard, Amergin, spake: ‘Sail forth, my sons, nine waves across the deep, And when this island-race are armed, come back; Take then their realm by force; and, taking, keep!’
Who acts: island race · What happens: sail, be, come back, take, keep · To what, where: sons, realm
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (island race), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 bard | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 bard | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bard | det |
| 4 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bard | compound |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bard | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bard | bard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Amergin | punct |
| 8 | Amergin | Amergin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bard | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 spake | punct |
| 10 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bard | conj |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Sail | punct |
| 12 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 Sail | punct |
| 13 | Sail | sail | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 bard | parataxis |
| 14 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 13 Sail | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sons | punct |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 sons | nmod:poss |
| 17 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 Sail | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 waves | punct |
| 19 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 waves | nummod |
| 20 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sons | conj |
| 21 | across | across | ADP | _ | 23 deep | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 deep | det |
| 23 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 waves | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 armed | punct |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 armed | cc |
| 26 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 armed | advmod |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 race | det |
| 28 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 race | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 island | punct |
| 30 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 armed | nsubj |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 armed | cop |
| 32 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Sail | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 come | punct |
| 34 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 Sail | conj |
| 35 | back | back | ADV | _ | 34 come | advmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 Take | punct |
| 37 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 Sail | conj |
| 38 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 Take | advmod |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 realm | nmod:poss |
| 40 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Take | obj |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 force | case |
| 42 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Take | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 taking | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 taking | cc |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 taking | punct |
| 46 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 Sail | advcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 keep | punct |
| 48 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 Sail | conj |
| 49 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 Sail | punct |
| 50 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 Sail | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | infinitive | my sons and nine waves across the deep | forth property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | this island race | armed property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come back | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | waves's realm | then | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | |||
| 5 | take | gerund | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | keep | infinitive | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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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