The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 72

‘Lastly three centuries where the Eagle-Crest[19] O’er-looks the western deep, and Inisglaire, Upon the mountain waves that know not rest Shall be your rolling palace, foul or fair, Till comes the Tailkenn,[20] sent to sound the knell Of darkness, and ye hear his Christian bell.’

Who acts: Eagle Crest, mountain waves, Till, ye · What happens: look, not know, rest, roll, be, come · To what, where: Inisglaire, rolling palace, Tailkenn, knell, Christian bell, darkness

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 (Eagle Crest, mountain waves, Till, ye), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

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The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 centuries	punct
2	Lastly	lastly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 centuries	amod
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 centuries	nummod
4	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 looks	obl
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 looks	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Crest	det
7	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Crest	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Eagle	punct
9	Crest	Crest	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 looks	nsubj
10	[	[	PUNCT	_	11 19	punct
11	19	19	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 Crest	appos
12	]	]	PUNCT	_	11 19	punct
13	O’er	O'er	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 19	flat
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 O’er	punct
15	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 deep	det
17	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 deep	amod
18	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 looks	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Inisglaire	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Inisglaire	cc
21	Inisglaire	Inisglaire	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 looks	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 waves	punct
23	Upon	upon	ADP	_	26 waves	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 waves	det
25	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 waves	compound
26	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 palace	nsubj
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 know	nsubj
28	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 waves	acl:relcl
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 know	advmod
30	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 know	xcomp
31	Shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 palace	aux
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 palace	cop
33	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 palace	nmod:poss
34	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 palace	amod
35	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 looks	parataxis
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 foul	punct
37	foul	foul	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 palace	amod
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 fair	cc
39	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 foul	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 comes	punct
41	Till	Till	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 comes	nsubj
42	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 looks	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Tailkenn	det
44	Tailkenn	Tailkenn	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 comes	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 20	punct
46	[	[	PUNCT	_	47 20	punct
47	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	44 Tailkenn	appos
48	]	]	PUNCT	_	47 20	punct
49	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 Tailkenn	acl
50	to	to	PART	_	51 sound	mark
51	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 sent	advcl
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 knell	det
53	knell	knell	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 sound	obj
54	Of	of	ADP	_	55 darkness	case
55	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 knell	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 hear	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 hear	cc
58	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	59 hear	nsubj
59	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 looks	conj
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 bell	nmod:poss
61	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 bell	amod
62	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 hear	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 looks	punct
64	’	'	PUNCT	_	15 looks	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the Eagle Crest	Inisglaire	century	deep property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not know	present	the mountain waves				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	rest	infinitive	the mountain waves not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roll	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is a	shall	the mountain waves	your rolling palace		your nmod:poss	tree rules
6	come	present	Till	the Tailkenn			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	send	participle		the Tailkenn not said here			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	sound	to-infinitive		the knell of darkness			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knell=Theme
9	hear	present	ye	Till's Christian bell			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus
10	knell			darkness			nom knell «event transitive»: of=patient

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 72