The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 34

Who heard that strain no more his woes lamented: The exiled chief forgat his place of pride: The prince ill-crowned his ruthless deed repented: The childless mother and the widowed bride Amid their locks tear-wet and loosely straying Felt once again remembered touches playing.

Who acts: woes, exiled chief, ruthless deed, remembered touches · What happens: hear, lament, exile, forgat, crown, repent · To what, where: strain, place, prince, remembered touches

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 (woes, exiled chief, ruthless deed, remembered touches), 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 strain	det
4	strain	strain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	no	no	ADV	_	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 lamented	advmod
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 woes	nmod:poss
8	woes	woe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lamented	nsubj
9	lamented	lament	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 forgat	punct
11	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chief	det
12	exiled	exile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 chief	amod
13	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 forgat	nsubj
14	forgat	forgat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	parataxis
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 place	nmod:poss
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 forgat	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 pride	case
18	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 place	nmod
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 crowned	punct
20	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 prince	det
21	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 crowned	nsubj:pass
22	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 crowned	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 ill	punct
24	crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 forgat	conj
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 deed	nmod:poss
26	ruthless	ruthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 deed	amod
27	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 repented	nsubj
28	repented	repent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 crowned	xcomp
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 mother	punct
30	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 mother	det
31	childless	childless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 mother	amod
32	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wet	nsubj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 bride	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 bride	det
35	widowed	widow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 bride	amod
36	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 mother	conj
37	Amid	amid	ADP	_	39 locks	case
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 locks	nmod:poss
39	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 mother	nmod
40	tear	tear	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wet	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 tear	punct
42	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heard	parataxis
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 Felt	cc
44	loosely	loosely	ADV	_	45 straying	advmod
45	straying	stray	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 Felt	aux:pass
46	Felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 wet	conj
47	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	46 Felt	advmod
48	again	again	ADV	_	49 remembered	advmod
49	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 touches	amod
50	touches	touch	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 Felt	obj
51	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 touches	acl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past		that strain		Who nsubj	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strain=Stimulus
2	lament	past	music's woes				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	exile	participle					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	forgat	past	the exiled chief	music's place of pride			tree rules
5	crown	participle · passive		the prince			tree rules
6	repent	participle	music's ruthless deed				tree rules
7	widow	participle					vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	feel	gerund · passive		remembered touches		once property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: touch=Theme
9	remember	participle			again		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
10	play	gerund	remembered touches not said here				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 34