The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 41
In that long strife the Gael the victory won: Tuatha’s race, Dedannan, disappeared; Yet still the conqueror whispered, sire to son, ‘Their progeny survives, half scorned, half feared, The Fairy Host; and mansions bright they hold On moonlight hills, and under waters cold.
Who acts: victory, conqueror, progeny, mansions, Tuatha · What happens: win, whisper, survive, scorn, fear, hold · To what, where: race, long strife, sire, son, moonlight hills
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 (victory, conqueror, progeny, mansions), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 strife | case |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 strife | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 strife | amod |
| 4 | strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 won | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Gael | det |
| 6 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 strife | appos |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 victory | det |
| 8 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 won | nsubj |
| 9 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 race | punct |
| 11 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 race | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 11 Tuatha | case |
| 13 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 won | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Dedannan | punct |
| 15 | Dedannan | Dedannan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 race | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 disappeared | punct |
| 17 | disappeared | disappeared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 race | acl:relcl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 whispered | punct |
| 19 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 23 whispered | cc |
| 20 | still | still | ADV | _ | 23 whispered | advmod |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 conqueror | det |
| 22 | conqueror | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 whispered | nsubj |
| 23 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 won | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sire | punct |
| 25 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 whispered | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 son | case |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 whispered | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 survives | punct |
| 29 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 survives | punct |
| 30 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 progeny | nmod:poss |
| 31 | progeny | progeny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 survives | nsubj |
| 32 | survives | survive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 whispered | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 scorned | punct |
| 34 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 35 scorned | advmod |
| 35 | scorned | scorn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 survives | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 feared | punct |
| 37 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 38 feared | advmod |
| 38 | feared | fear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 scorned | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Host | punct |
| 40 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Host | det |
| 41 | Fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Host | amod |
| 42 | Host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 feared | conj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 bright | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 bright | cc |
| 45 | mansions | mansion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 bright | nsubj |
| 46 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 won | parataxis |
| 47 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 hold | nsubj |
| 48 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 bright | conj |
| 49 | On | on | ADP | _ | 51 hills | case |
| 50 | moonlight | moonlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 hills | compound |
| 51 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 hold | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 cold | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 cold | cc |
| 54 | under | under | ADP | _ | 55 waters | case |
| 55 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 cold | obl |
| 56 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 won | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 won | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the victory | Tuatha's race | that long strife | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert | past | the conqueror | sire | son | still | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sire=Topic to son=Recipient | ||
| 3 | survive | present | sons's progeny | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | scorn | participle | sons's progeny not said here | half property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | fear | participle | sons's progeny not said here | the Fairy Host conj; half property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | hold | present | mansions = mansion | moonlight hills | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hill=Location | ||||
| 7 | race | Tuatha | nom race «event 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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