The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 14
Remembering oft this spectre of his youth King Lir would sit, a frown upon his brow: Then came the queen with words of peace and truth; ‘Mourn they that sinned!
Who acts: spectre, queen, queens · What happens: remember, sit, come, mourn, sin, word · To what, where: frown, peace
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 (spectre, queen, queens), 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 | Remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 sit | advcl |
| 2 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Remembering | xcomp |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 spectre | det |
| 4 | spectre | spectre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sit | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 youth | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 youth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spectre | nmod |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Lir | compound |
| 9 | Lir | lir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sit | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 sit | aux |
| 11 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 frown | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 frown | det |
| 14 | frown | frown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sit | obl |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 brow | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brow | nmod:poss |
| 17 | brow | brow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 frown | nmod |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 19 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 came | advmod |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sit | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 queen | det |
| 22 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | nsubj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 words | case |
| 24 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 came | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 peace | case |
| 26 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 words | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 truth | cc |
| 28 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 peace | conj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mourn | punct |
| 30 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mourn | punct |
| 31 | Mourn | mourn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sit | conj |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 sinned | nsubj |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 sinned | nsubj |
| 34 | sinned | sin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 Mourn | advcl |
| 35 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 sit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | gerund | this spectre of spectre's youth not said here | oft property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | sit | would | this spectre of spectre's youth | a frown upon spectre's brow | King Lir nsubj | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | come | past | the queen | then | with words of peace and truth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | mourn | infinitive | this spectre of spectre's youth not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | sin | past | queens = queen | that nsubj | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | word | peace and truth | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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