The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 30

Then spake the king with hoary head that shook, ‘I loved thy babes: now therefore let us go Northward, and on their blameless beauty look, Though changed, and hear their songs: for this I know By Druid art, they sing the whole night long, And heaven and earth are solaced by their song.

Who acts: you, hoary head, I, us, songs, song · What happens: speak, shake, love, let, go, look · To what, where: king, babes, us, blameless beauty, songs, heaven · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (you, hoary head, I, us), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 spake	advmod
2	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	hoary	hoary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 head	amod
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 shook	nsubj
9	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 head	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 loved	punct
11	‘	'	PUNCT	_	13 loved	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 loved	nsubj
13	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 shook	parataxis
14	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 babes	nmod:poss
15	babes	babe	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 loved	obj
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 let	punct
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 let	advmod
18	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	19 let	advmod
19	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 spake	conj
20	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 let	obj
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 let	xcomp
22	Northward	northward	ADV	_	21 go	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 look	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 look	cc
25	on	on	ADP	_	28 beauty	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 beauty	nmod:poss
27	blameless	blameless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 beauty	amod
28	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 look	obl
29	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 let	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 changed	punct
31	Though	though	SCONJ	_	32 changed	mark
32	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 look	xcomp
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 hear	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 hear	cc
35	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 let	conj
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 songs	nmod:poss
37	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 hear	obj
38	:	:	PUNCT	_	42 know	punct
39	for	for	ADP	_	40 this	case
40	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 know	obl
41	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 know	nsubj
42	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 spake	parataxis
43	By	by	ADP	_	45 art	case
44	Druid	Druid	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 art	compound
45	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 know	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 sing	punct
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 sing	nsubj
48	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 know	conj
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 night	det
50	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 night	amod
51	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sing	obl:unmarked
52	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	48 sing	advmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 solaced	punct
54	And	and	CCONJ	_	59 solaced	cc
55	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 solaced	nsubj:pass
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 earth	cc
57	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 heaven	conj
58	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 solaced	aux:pass
59	solaced	solace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 sing	conj
60	by	by	ADP	_	62 song	case
61	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 song	nmod:poss
62	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 solaced	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the king		then	with hoary head	tree rules
2	shake	past	hoary head					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	love	past	I	thy babes				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer babe=Stimulus
4	let	infinitive	you not said here	us		now	therefore property	tree rules
5	go	infinitive	us not said here				northward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	look	infinitive	you not said here		babes's blameless beauty			tree rules
7	change	participle	you not said here					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	hear	present	you not said here	babes's songs				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
9	know	present	I				for this; by Druid art	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	sing speech: express	present	songs = song			night	long property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	solace	present · passive	earth's song	heaven and earth				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
12	sing		babes = babe					nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
13	sing		earth					nom song «communication intransitive»: 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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 30