The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 77
She spake, and smote her hands; and at her word Once more the attendants caught the royal steeds Grazing in peace beside the hornèd herd Amid the meadow flowers, and yellow weeds: And fiercely through the night that dark one drave, And reached Lough Derg what time above its wave
Who acts: attendants, royal steeds, that, voice, weed · What happens: smite, catch, graze, reach, word, wave · To what, where: She spake, royal steeds, word, peace, Lough
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 (attendants, royal steeds, that, voice), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spake | compound |
| 2 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smote | nmod:desc |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 smote | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 smote | cc |
| 5 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hands | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 smote | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 caught | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 caught | cc |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 word | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 word | nmod:poss |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 caught | obl |
| 13 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 caught | advmod |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 caught | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 attendants | det |
| 16 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 caught | nsubj |
| 17 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smote | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 steeds | det |
| 19 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 steeds | amod |
| 20 | steeds | steed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 caught | obj |
| 21 | Grazing | graze | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 steeds | acl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 peace | case |
| 23 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Grazing | obl |
| 24 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 27 herd | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 herd | det |
| 26 | hornèd | hornèd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 herd | amod |
| 27 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Grazing | obl |
| 28 | Amid | amid | ADP | _ | 31 flowers | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 flowers | det |
| 30 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 flowers | compound |
| 31 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 herd | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 weeds | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 weeds | cc |
| 34 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 weeds | amod |
| 35 | weeds | weed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 smote | conj |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 night | punct |
| 37 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 night | cc |
| 38 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 41 night | advmod |
| 39 | through | through | ADP | _ | 41 night | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 night | det |
| 41 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 weeds | acl |
| 42 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 reached | nsubj |
| 43 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 drave | amod |
| 44 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 drave | compound |
| 45 | drave | drave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 reached | nsubj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 reached | punct |
| 47 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 reached | cc |
| 48 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 night | advcl |
| 49 | Lough | Lough | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 reached | obj |
| 50 | Derg | Derg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Lough | flat |
| 51 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 52 time | det |
| 52 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 Lough | appos |
| 53 | above | above | ADP | _ | 55 wave | case |
| 54 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 wave | nmod:poss |
| 55 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 time | nmod |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smite | past | She spake | voice's hands obj; yellow weeds through the night conj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hand=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | catch | past | the attendants | the royal steeds | voice's word | once property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent steed=Theme at word=Asset | ||
| 3 | graze | gerund | the royal steeds not said here | peace | beside the hornèd herd amid the meadow flowers | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | reach | past | that | Lough | dark one drave nsubj | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent lough=Theme | |||
| 5 | word | voice | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | wave | weed | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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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