The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 50

Meantime, as month by month in grace they grew, Their father loved them better than before; And so, one eve, their slender cots he drew Each from its place remote, and lightly bore, And laid them ranged before his royal bed; And o’er the four a veil gold-woven spread;

Who acts: Meantime, father, one eve · What happens: grow, love, draw, bear, lay, range · To what, where: Meantime, Each, place remote

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 (Meantime, father, one eve), 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	Meantime	meantime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 month	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 month	case
4	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Meantime	conj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 month	case
6	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 month	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 grace	case
8	grace	grace	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Meantime	nmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grew	nsubj
10	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loved	punct
12	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	nsubj
14	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grew	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loved	obj
16	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 loved	xcomp
17	than	than	ADP	_	18 before	case
18	before	before	ADV	_	16 better	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 so	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	21 so	cc
21	so	so	ADV	_	30 drew	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 eve	punct
23	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 eve	nummod
24	eve	eve	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 drew	nsubj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 cots	punct
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 cots	nmod:poss
27	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 cots	amod
28	cots	cot	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 eve	conj
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 drew	nsubj
30	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grew	advcl
31	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	30 drew	obj
32	from	from	ADP	_	35 remote	case
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 remote	nmod:poss
34	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 remote	compound
35	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 drew	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 bore	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 bore	cc
38	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	39 bore	advmod
39	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grew	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 laid	punct
41	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 laid	cc
42	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 bore	conj
43	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 laid	obj
44	ranged	range	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 laid	xcomp
45	before	before	ADP	_	48 bed	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 bed	nmod:poss
47	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 bed	amod
48	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ranged	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 o’er	punct
50	And	and	CCONJ	_	51 o’er	cc
51	o’er	o'	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 grew	conj
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 four	det
53	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	51 o’er	obl
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 spread	det
55	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 spread	compound
56	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 woven	compound
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 gold	punct
58	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 spread	amod
59	spread	spread	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 four	conj
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 grew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Meantime in grace and month by month					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	love	past	Meantime's father	Meantime			good property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
3	draw	past	one eve and eve's slender cots	Each	grace's place remote		father nsubj	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent each=Theme from remote=Initial_Location
4	bear	past	Meantime in grace and month by month not said here				lightly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	lay	past	Meantime in grace and month by month not said here	Meantime				tree rules
6	range	participle	Meantime in grace and month by month not said here			before father's royal bed		vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
7	weave	participle					gold compound	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 50