The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 48

She wooed them still with shows, with flowers, with fruit; Daily for them new sports she sought and found: Yet, if their father praised them, she was mute, And, when he placed them on his knee, she frowned, Murmuring, ‘How blue their eyes! their cheek how pale!

Who acts: child, father · What happens: woo, seek, find, praise, be, place · To what, where: plaudits, knee, Murmuring

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 (child, father), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wooed	nsubj
2	wooed	woo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wooed	obj
4	still	still	ADV	_	2 wooed	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 shows	case
6	shows	show	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wooed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 flowers	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 flowers	case
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shows	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fruit	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 fruit	case
12	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 sought	punct
14	Daily	daily	ADV	_	20 sought	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 sports	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sports	nsubj
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sports	amod
18	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 sought	obl
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sought	nsubj
20	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wooed	parataxis
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 found	cc
22	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sought	conj
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 Yet	punct
24	Yet	yet	ADV	_	22 found	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 praised	punct
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	29 praised	mark
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 father	nmod:poss
28	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 praised	nsubj
29	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sought	conj
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 praised	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 mute	punct
32	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 mute	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 mute	cop
34	mute	mute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 praised	advcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 frowned	punct
36	And	and	CCONJ	_	47 frowned	cc
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 And	punct
38	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	40 placed	advmod
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 placed	nsubj
40	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 frowned	advcl
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 placed	obj
42	on	on	ADP	_	44 knee	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 knee	nmod:poss
44	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 placed	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 placed	punct
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 frowned	nsubj
47	frowned	frown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wooed	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Murmuring	punct
49	Murmuring	Murmuring	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 frowned	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 blue	punct
51	‘	'	PUNCT	_	53 blue	punct
52	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	53 blue	advmod
53	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 frowned	conj
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 eyes	nmod:poss
55	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 blue	obj
56	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 wooed	punct
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 cheek	nmod:poss
58	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wooed	obj
59	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	60 pale	advmod
60	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wooed	xcomp
61	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 wooed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	woo	past	child	plaudits = plaudit		still	with shows and flowers and fruit; plaudits's cheek obj; pale property	tree rules
2	seek	past	child				for new sports plaudits; daily property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for sport=Theme
3	find	past	child not said here			yet		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	praise a condition, not said to happen	past	plaudits's father	plaudits = plaudit				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	is	past	child				mute property	tree rules
6	place	past	father	plaudits = plaudit	father's knee			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on knee=Destination
7	frown	past	child	Murmuring				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murmuring=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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 48