The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 9
His prime was spent in wars: in middle life He bade a youthful princess share his throne: Nor e’er had monarch yet a truer wife With tenderer palm or voice of sweeter tone: The one sole lady of that race was she Sun-haired, with large eyes azure as the sea.
Who acts: palace, youthful princess, Nor e’er, one, sole lady · What happens: spend, bade, share, have, lady, be · To what, where: prime, wars, middle life, throne, monarch
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 (palace, youthful princess, Nor e’er, one), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 prime | nmod:poss |
| 2 | prime | prime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spent | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spent | aux:pass |
| 4 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 wars | case |
| 6 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spent | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 bade | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 9 | middle | middle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 life | amod |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bade | obl |
| 11 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bade | nsubj |
| 12 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spent | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 princess | det |
| 14 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 princess | amod |
| 15 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 share | nsubj |
| 16 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bade | ccomp |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 throne | nmod:poss |
| 18 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 share | obj |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 had | punct |
| 20 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 e’er | compound |
| 21 | e’er | e'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 had | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 bade | conj |
| 23 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 had | obj |
| 24 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 27 wife | cc |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 wife | det |
| 26 | truer | true | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 wife | amod |
| 27 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 had | conj |
| 28 | With | with | ADP | _ | 30 palm | case |
| 29 | tenderer | tenderer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 palm | compound |
| 30 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wife | nmod |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 voice | cc |
| 32 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 palm | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 tone | case |
| 34 | sweeter | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 35 tone | amod |
| 35 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 voice | nmod |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 lady | punct |
| 37 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 one | det |
| 38 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lady | nsubj |
| 39 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 lady | amod |
| 40 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 haired | nsubj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 race | case |
| 42 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 race | det |
| 43 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lady | nmod |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 haired | cop |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 haired | nsubj |
| 46 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 haired | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 Sun | punct |
| 48 | haired | haired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 wife | parataxis |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 azure | punct |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 azure | case |
| 51 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 eyes | amod |
| 52 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 azure | compound |
| 53 | azure | azure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 had | obl |
| 54 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 sea | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 sea | det |
| 56 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 azure | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 spent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past · passive | palace's prime | wars | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ||||
| 2 | bade | past | palace | middle life | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | share | present | a youthful princess | palace's throne | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have | past | Nor e’er | monarch | with eyes azure as the sea; a truer wife with tenderer palm or voice of sweeter tone conj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarch=Patient | |||
| 5 | lady | the one | of that race | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | is | past | sole lady | e’er = e'er nsubj; haired property | 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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