The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 52

And, if they slept not, from their balmy nest With under-sliding arms he raised them high, And clasped them each, successive, to his breast, Or on them flashed the first light from the sky: Then laid him by his mute, sleep-feigning bride, And slept once more: and oft in sleep he sighed.

Who acts: Meantime, Was, mute · What happens: not sleep, slide, raise, clasp, flash, lay · To what, where: balmy nest, Meantime, first light, sky, Was, bride

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, Was, mute), 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	_	5 slept	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slept	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 slept	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slept	nsubj
5	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 slept	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nest	punct
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 nest	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 nest	nmod:poss
10	balmy	balmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nest	amod
11	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slept	obl
12	With	with	ADP	_	16 arms	case
13	under	under	ADP	_	16 arms	case
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 under	punct
15	sliding	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 arms	amod
16	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 nest	nmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 raised	nsubj
18	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 arms	acl:relcl
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 raised	obj
20	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 raised	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 clasped	punct
22	And	and	CCONJ	_	23 clasped	cc
23	clasped	clasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slept	parataxis
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 clasped	obj
25	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	23 clasped	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 successive	punct
27	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 clasped	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 breast	punct
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 breast	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 breast	nmod:poss
31	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 successive	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 flashed	punct
33	Or	or	CCONJ	_	36 flashed	cc
34	on	on	ADP	_	35 them	case
35	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 flashed	obl
36	flashed	flash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slept	parataxis
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 light	det
38	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	39 light	amod
39	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 flashed	obj
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 sky	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 sky	det
42	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 light	nmod
43	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 laid	punct
44	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 laid	advmod
45	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 flashed	conj
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 laid	obj
47	by	by	ADP	_	49 mute	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 mute	nmod:poss
49	mute	mute	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 laid	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 feigning	punct
51	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 feigning	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 sleep	punct
53	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 mute	acl:relcl
54	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 feigning	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 slept	punct
56	And	and	CCONJ	_	57 slept	cc
57	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slept	conj
58	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	59 more	advmod
59	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	57 slept	advmod
60	:	:	PUNCT	_	62 oft	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 oft	cc
62	oft	oft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slept	conj
63	in	in	ADP	_	64 sleep	case
64	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 oft	obl
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 sighed	nsubj
66	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 sleep	acl:relcl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slept	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	past	Meantime		Meantime's balmy nest with sliding arms			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slide	gerund						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	raise	past	Was	Meantime			high property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	clasp	past		Meantime				vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent they=Patient each=Result
5	flash	past		the first light	the sky		on Meantime	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme
6	lay	past		Was		then	by Was's mute	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by mute=Destination
7	feign	gerund	Was's mute not said here	bride			sleep compound	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient
8	sleep	past	Meantime not said here					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	sigh	past	Was	sleep not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Topic

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 52