The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 42

‘To snare the Gael, perpetual spells they weave: O’er the wet waste they bid the meteor glide: They raise illusive cliffs at morn and eve On wintry coasts: sea-mantled rocks they hide: And shipwrecked sailors eye them o’er the waves, Dark shapes pygmean couchant in sea-caves.

Who acts: spells · What happens: snare, weave, bid, raise, mantle, hide · To what, where: Gael, perpetual spells, meteor glide, illusive cliffs, morn, mantled rocks

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 (spells), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	3 snare	punct
2	To	to	PART	_	3 snare	mark
3	snare	snare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Gael	det
5	Gael	Gael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 snare	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spells	punct
7	perpetual	perpetual	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spells	compound
8	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Gael	appos
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 weave	nsubj
10	weave	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spells	acl:relcl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 O’er	punct
12	O’er	O'er	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 snare	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 waste	det
14	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 waste	amod
15	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 O’er	appos
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bid	nsubj
17	bid	bid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 waste	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 glide	det
19	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 glide	compound
20	glide	glide	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bid	obj
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 raise	punct
22	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 raise	nsubj
23	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 snare	conj
24	illusive	illusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 cliffs	amod
25	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 raise	obj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 morn	case
27	morn	morn	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 raise	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 eve	cc
29	eve	eve	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 morn	conj
30	On	on	ADP	_	32 coasts	case
31	wintry	wintry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 coasts	amod
32	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 raise	obl
33	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 rocks	punct
34	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 mantled	compound
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 sea	punct
36	mantled	mantle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 rocks	amod
37	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 coasts	acl:relcl
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 hide	nsubj
39	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 rocks	acl:relcl
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	42 shipwrecked	punct
41	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 shipwrecked	cc
42	shipwrecked	shipwreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snare	conj
43	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 shipwrecked	obj
44	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 shipwrecked	obj
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 eye	obj
46	o’er	o'er	ADP	_	48 waves	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 waves	det
48	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 shipwrecked	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 shapes	punct
50	Dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 shapes	amod
51	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 waves	appos
52	pygmean	pygmean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 shapes	amod
53	couchant	couchant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 pygmean	conj
54	in	in	ADP	_	57 caves	case
55	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 caves	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 sea	punct
57	caves	cave	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 couchant	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 snare	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	snare	to-infinitive		the Gael		O’er obl	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gael=Theme
2	weave	present	spells = spell	perpetual spells not said here			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product
3	bid	past	spells = spell	the meteor glide			tree rules
4	raise	present	spells = spell	illusive cliffs	morn and eve	on wintry coasts mantled rocks	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme at morn=Destination on coast=Initial_Location
5	mantle	participle				sea compound	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
6	hide	present	spells = spell	mantled rocks not said here			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient
7	shipwreck	past		sailors		o'er the waves; eye cliffs obj	tree rules

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 42