The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 39
More numerous daily flocked to that still shore Peace-loving spirits: yea, the Gaelic clans And tribes Dedannan, foemen there no more, From the same fountains brimmed their flowing cans, And washed their kirtles in the same pure rills, And brought their corn-sheaves to the self-same mills.
Who acts: same fountains · What happens: flock, brim, flow, wash, bring · To what, where: flowing cans, kirtles, same pure rills, corn sheaves, same mills
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 (same fountains), 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 | More | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 numerous | advmod |
| 2 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flocked | xcomp |
| 3 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 4 flocked | advmod |
| 4 | flocked | flock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 shore | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 shore | det |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 shore | advmod |
| 8 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flocked | obl |
| 9 | Peace | Peace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 spirits | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Peace | punct |
| 11 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 spirits | amod |
| 12 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shore | conj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 clans | punct |
| 14 | yea | yea | INTJ | _ | 18 clans | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 yea | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 clans | det |
| 17 | Gaelic | gaelic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 clans | amod |
| 18 | clans | clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flocked | parataxis |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 tribes | cc |
| 20 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 clans | conj |
| 21 | Dedannan | Dedannan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 tribes | flat |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 foemen | punct |
| 23 | foemen | foeman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 clans | conj |
| 24 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 foemen | advmod |
| 25 | no | no | ADV | _ | 26 more | advmod |
| 26 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 foemen | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 brimmed | punct |
| 28 | From | from | SCONJ | _ | 32 brimmed | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 fountains | det |
| 30 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 fountains | amod |
| 31 | fountains | fountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 brimmed | nsubj |
| 32 | brimmed | brim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 clans | parataxis |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 cans | nmod:poss |
| 34 | flowing | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 cans | amod |
| 35 | cans | can | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 brimmed | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 washed | punct |
| 37 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 washed | cc |
| 38 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 brimmed | conj |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 kirtles | nmod:poss |
| 40 | kirtles | kirtle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 washed | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 rills | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 rills | det |
| 43 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 rills | amod |
| 44 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 rills | amod |
| 45 | rills | rill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 washed | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 brought | punct |
| 47 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 brought | cc |
| 48 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 washed | conj |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 sheaves | nmod:poss |
| 50 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 sheaves | compound |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 corn | punct |
| 52 | sheaves | sheaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 brought | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 mills | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 mills | det |
| 55 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 same | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 self | punct |
| 57 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 mills | amod |
| 58 | mills | mill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 brought | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flocked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flock | participle | to that shore and Peace loving spirits; the Gaelic clans and tribes and foemen parataxis; daily, numerous property | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | brim | past | the same fountains | fountains's flowing cans | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | flow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | wash | past | the same fountains not said here | fountains's kirtles | the same pure rills | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kirtle=Patient | |||
| 5 | bring | past | the same fountains not said here | fountains's corn sheaves | the same mills | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheaf=Theme to mill=Destination |
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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