The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 20
The throng made way: onward the wronged one strode To Bove, sole-throned, and lifting in his hand For royal sceptre that Druidic rod Which gave him o’er the Spirit-world command; Then, pointing to that traitress, false as fair, That wronged one spake: ‘There stands the murderess!--there!’
Who acts: throng, wronged one, that, Druidic rod · What happens: make, wrong, stride, throne, lift, rod · To what, where: way, Bove, hand, throng, traitress, one spake
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 (throng, wronged one, that, Druidic rod), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 throng | det |
| 2 | throng | throng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 strode | punct |
| 6 | onward | onward | ADV | _ | 9 one | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | wronged | wrong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 strode | nsubj |
| 10 | strode | stride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 11 | To | to | ADP | _ | 12 Bove | case |
| 12 | Bove | Bove | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 strode | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 throned | punct |
| 14 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 throned | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 sole | punct |
| 16 | throned | throne | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 Bove | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 lifting | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 lifting | cc |
| 19 | lifting | lift | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 strode | advcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 hand | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hand | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lifting | obl |
| 23 | For | for | ADP | _ | 25 sceptre | case |
| 24 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 sceptre | amod |
| 25 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lifting | obl |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 rod | nsubj |
| 27 | Druidic | Druidic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 rod | compound |
| 28 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sceptre | appos |
| 29 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 gave | nsubj |
| 30 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 rod | acl:relcl |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 gave | iobj |
| 32 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 37 command | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 command | det |
| 34 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 command | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 Spirit | punct |
| 36 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 command | compound |
| 37 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 pointing | punct |
| 39 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 pointing | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pointing | punct |
| 41 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 traitress | case |
| 43 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 traitress | det |
| 44 | traitress | traitress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 pointing | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 false | punct |
| 46 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 traitress | amod |
| 47 | as | as | ADP | _ | 48 fair | case |
| 48 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 false | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 wronged | punct |
| 50 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 wronged | nsubj |
| 51 | wronged | wrong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 52 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 spake | nummod |
| 53 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 wronged | obj |
| 54 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 57 stands | punct |
| 55 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 stands | punct |
| 56 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 57 stands | expl |
| 57 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | parataxis |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 murderess | det |
| 59 | murderess | murderess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 stands | obj |
| 60 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 57 stands | punct |
| 61 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 62 there | punct |
| 62 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 made | advmod |
| 63 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| 64 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the throng | way | there | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | |||
| 2 | wrong | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | stride | past | the wronged one | Bove | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bove=Destination | ||||
| 4 | throne | participle | Bove not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | lift | gerund | the wronged one not said here | throng's hand | for royal sceptre | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hand=Destination | |||
| 6 | rod | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | give | past | Druidic rod | throng | o'er the Spirit world command | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 8 | point | gerund | the throng not said here | that traitress | then | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to traitress=Recipient | |||
| 9 | wrong | past | That | one spake | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | stand | present | the murderess | there | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer murderess=Stimulus |
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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