The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 65
Then, standing on the marge wan-cheeked, wide-eyed, As near they drew, awe-struck and wondering, Therewith she smote their golden heads, and cried, ‘Fly hence, ye pale-faced children of the king!
Who acts: looks, Druid, ye · What happens: stand, cheek, draw, strike, wonder, smite · To what, where: marge, golden heads
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 (looks, Druid, ye), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 standing | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 eyed | advcl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 marge | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 marge | det |
| 6 | marge | marge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 standing | obl |
| 7 | wan | wan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cheeked | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 wan | punct |
| 9 | cheeked | cheek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 marge | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 standing | punct |
| 11 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 eyed | amod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 wide | punct |
| 13 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 drew | punct |
| 15 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 drew | mark |
| 16 | near | near | ADP | _ | 18 drew | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 drew | nsubj |
| 18 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 eyed | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 struck | punct |
| 20 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 struck | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 awe | punct |
| 22 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 drew | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 wondering | cc |
| 24 | wondering | wonder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 struck | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 smote | punct |
| 26 | Therewith | therewith | ADV | _ | 28 smote | advmod |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 smote | nsubj |
| 28 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 eyed | parataxis |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 heads | nmod:poss |
| 30 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 heads | amod |
| 31 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 smote | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 cried | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 cried | cc |
| 34 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 smote | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Fly | punct |
| 36 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 Fly | punct |
| 37 | Fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 cried | advcl |
| 38 | hence | hence | ADV | _ | 37 Fly | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 children | punct |
| 40 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 children | nsubj |
| 41 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 faced | amod |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 pale | punct |
| 43 | faced | faced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 children | amod |
| 44 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 Fly | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 king | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 king | det |
| 47 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 children | nmod |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 eyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | the marge | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on marge=Location | ||||
| 2 | cheek | participle | the marge not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | draw | past | looks = look | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | strike | participle | looks = look not said here | awe compound | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | looks = look not said here | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | smite | past | Druid | looks's golden heads | therewith property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus head=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | cry speech: express | past | Druid not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | fly | infinitive | Druid not said here | hence property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | child | ye | of the king | 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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