The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 53

Which things abhorring, she her face averse Turned all day steadfast from the astonished throng: And next, as one that broods upon a curse, She sat in her sick-chamber three weeks long, And never raised her eyes, nor made complaint, Dark as a fiend and silent as a saint.

Who acts: things, child · What happens: abhor, turn, brood, sit, not raise, make · To what, where: astonished throng, sick chamber, eyes

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 (things, 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 things	det
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 averse	nsubj
3	abhorring	abhor	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 things	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 things	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 averse	nsubj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 averse	nsubj
8	averse	averse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	Turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 averse	acl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Turned	obl:unmarked
12	steadfast	steadfast	ADV	_	9 Turned	advmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 throng	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 throng	det
15	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 throng	amod
16	throng	throng	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Turned	obl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 next	punct
18	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 next	cc
19	next	next	ADV	_	8 averse	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 one	punct
21	as	as	ADP	_	22 one	case
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 averse	parataxis
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 broods	nsubj
24	broods	brood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 one	acl:relcl
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 curse	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 curse	det
27	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 broods	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 sat	punct
29	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 sat	nsubj
30	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 averse	parataxis
31	in	in	ADP	_	35 chamber	case
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 chamber	nmod:poss
33	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 chamber	amod
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 sick	punct
35	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 sat	obl
36	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 weeks	nummod
37	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 long	obl:unmarked
38	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 sat	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 raised	punct
40	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 raised	cc
41	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	42 raised	advmod
42	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 sat	conj
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 eyes	nmod:poss
44	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 raised	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 complaint	punct
46	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	48 complaint	cc
47	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 complaint	amod
48	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 raised	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Dark	punct
50	Dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 complaint	amod
51	as	as	ADP	_	53 fiend	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 fiend	det
53	fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 Dark	obl
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 silent	cc
55	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 Dark	conj
56	as	as	ADP	_	58 saint	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 saint	det
58	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 Dark	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 averse	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abhor	gerund	which things not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	turn	participle			the astonished throng	day	steadfast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from throng=Trajectory
3	brood	present					upon a curse	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sit	past	child		child's sick chamber			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chamber=Location
5	not raise	past	child not said here	child's eyes			made complaint obl	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
6	make	participle						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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 53