The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 47

And so by her great loving of those four Still from her husband won she praises sweet And plaudits from his people more and more; Her own she called them: nor was this deceit: She loved them with a fitful love--a will To make them or to mar, for good or ill.

Who acts: husband, child · What happens: win, praise, call, be, love, make · To what, where: own, sweet plaudits, plaudits, deceit, good · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (husband, child), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	14 won	cc
2	so	so	ADV	_	14 won	advmod
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 loving	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 loving	nmod:poss
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loving	amod
6	loving	loving	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 won	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 four	case
8	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 four	det
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 loving	nmod
10	Still	still	ADV	_	13 husband	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 husband	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 husband	nmod:poss
13	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 won	nsubj
14	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 praises	nsubj
16	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 won	ccomp
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 plaudits	amod
18	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 plaudits	cc
19	plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 praises	obj
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 people	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 people	nmod:poss
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 praises	obl
23	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 praises	advmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 more	cc
25	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	23 more	conj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 own	punct
27	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 own	nmod:poss
28	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 won	obl
29	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 called	nsubj
30	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 own	acl:relcl
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 called	obj
32	:	:	PUNCT	_	36 deceit	punct
33	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	36 deceit	cc
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 deceit	cop
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 deceit	det
36	deceit	deceit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 won	parataxis
37	:	:	PUNCT	_	39 loved	punct
38	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 loved	nsubj
39	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 deceit	acl:relcl
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 loved	obj
41	with	with	ADP	_	44 love	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 love	det
43	fitful	fitful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 love	amod
44	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 loved	obl
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	49 make	punct
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 make	det
47	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 make	aux
48	To	to	PART	_	49 make	mark
49	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 deceit	parataxis
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 make	obj
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 mar	cc
52	to	to	PART	_	53 mar	mark
53	mar	mar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 make	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 good	punct
55	for	for	ADP	_	56 good	case
56	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 mar	obj
57	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 ill	cc
58	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 good	conj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 won	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	win	past	child's husband	child's own	by child's great loving of that four	tree rules
2	praise	present	child	sweet plaudits	from husband's people	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaudit=Theme
3	call	past	child	plaudits = plaudit		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
4	is a	past		this deceit		tree rules
5	love	past	child	plaudits = plaudit	with a fitful love	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
6	make	future		plaudits = plaudit		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
7	mar	to-infinitive		good		tree rules

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 47