The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 18
Southward the childless father rode once more, And saw at last beyond the forests tall The great lake and the palace on its shore; And, entering, onward passed from hall to hall To where King Bove majestic sat and crowned, High on a terrace, with his magnates round;
Who acts: Southward · What happens: ride, see, enter, pass, sit, crown · To what, where: hall
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Southward), 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 | Southward | Southward | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 father | det |
| 3 | childless | childless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 father | amod |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Southward | appos |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 more | advmod |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 rode | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saw | cc |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rode | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 last | case |
| 12 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 saw | xcomp |
| 13 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 15 forests | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 forests | det |
| 15 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 last | obl |
| 16 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lake | amod |
| 17 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lake | det |
| 18 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lake | amod |
| 19 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 forests | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 palace | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 palace | det |
| 22 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lake | conj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 shore | case |
| 24 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shore | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 palace | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 entering | punct |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 entering | cc |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 entering | punct |
| 29 | entering | enter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 rode | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 passed | punct |
| 31 | onward | onward | ADV | _ | 32 passed | advmod |
| 32 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 entering | xcomp |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 hall | case |
| 34 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 passed | obl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 hall | case |
| 36 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 passed | obl |
| 37 | To | to | ADP | _ | 41 majestic | case |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 41 majestic | advmod |
| 39 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 majestic | nsubj |
| 40 | Bove | Bove | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 King | flat |
| 41 | majestic | majestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 sat | obl |
| 42 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 passed | parataxis |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 crowned | cc |
| 44 | crowned | crown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 sat | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 High | punct |
| 46 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 crowned | advmod |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 terrace | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 terrace | det |
| 49 | terrace | terrace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 High | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 magnates | punct |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 magnates | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 magnates | nmod:poss |
| 53 | magnates | magnate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 crowned | obl |
| 54 | round | round | ADV | _ | 53 magnates | advmod |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | Southward | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Southward not said here | last property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | enter | gerund | Southward not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | pass | participle | Southward not said here | hall | to hall; onward property | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from hall=Initial_Location to hall=Destination | |||
| 5 | sit | past | to majestic King | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | crown | past | with King's magnates | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with magnate=Theme |
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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