The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 21
At times they gambolled in the sunny sheen; At times, Fiacre and Aodh at her side, Finola paced the high-arched alleys green, At once their youthful playmate and their guide: A mother-hearted child she walked, and pressed That infant, daily heavier, to her breast.
Who acts: Beings, Finola · What happens: gamboll, pace, arch, walk, press · To what, where: sunny sheen, arched alleys, mother hearted child, That
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 (Beings, Finola), 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 times | case |
| 2 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gambolled | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gambolled | nsubj |
| 4 | gambolled | gamboll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sheen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sheen | det |
| 7 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sheen | amod |
| 8 | sheen | sheen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gambolled | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 paced | punct |
| 10 | At | at | ADP | _ | 11 times | case |
| 11 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 paced | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Fiacre | punct |
| 13 | Fiacre | Fiacre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 times | appos |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Aodh | cc |
| 15 | Aodh | Aodh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Fiacre | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 side | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 side | nmod:poss |
| 18 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Fiacre | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Finola | punct |
| 20 | Finola | Finola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Fiacre | conj |
| 21 | paced | pace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gambolled | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 alleys | det |
| 23 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 arched | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 high | punct |
| 25 | arched | arch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 alleys | amod |
| 26 | alleys | alley | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 paced | obj |
| 27 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 paced | xcomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 playmate | punct |
| 29 | At | at | ADP | _ | 33 playmate | case |
| 30 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 33 playmate | advmod |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 playmate | nmod:poss |
| 32 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 playmate | amod |
| 33 | playmate | playmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 paced | parataxis |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 guide | cc |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 guide | nmod:poss |
| 36 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 playmate | conj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 42 child | punct |
| 38 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 child | det |
| 39 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 child | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 mother | punct |
| 41 | hearted | hearted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 child | amod |
| 42 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 playmate | conj |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 walked | nsubj |
| 44 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 child | acl:relcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 pressed | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 pressed | cc |
| 47 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gambolled | parataxis |
| 48 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 pressed | obj |
| 49 | infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 pressed | xcomp |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 heavier | punct |
| 51 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 52 heavier | advmod |
| 52 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 pressed | advcl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 breast | punct |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 breast | case |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 breast | nmod:poss |
| 56 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 heavier | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gambolled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamboll | past | Beings = being | the sunny sheen | time | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pace | past | Beings = being not said here | the arched alleys | time | Beings's youthful playmate and Beings's guide and a mother hearted child parataxis; green property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location alley=Theme | ||
| 3 | arch | participle | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | walk | past | Finola | a mother hearted child not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Agent | ||||
| 5 | press | past | That | infant property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
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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