The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 61

In time all ocean omens they had learned; And once, as o’er the darkening deep they roved, Finola, who the advancing woe discerned, Addressed them: ‘Little brothers, well beloved, Though many a storm hath tried us, yet the worst Comes up this night: now therefore, ere it burst

Who acts: omens, Finola, worst · What happens: learn, darken, rove, advance, discern, address · To what, where: ocean omens, Finola, omens, Little brothers, many storm, storm

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 (omens, Finola, worst), 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	_	2 time	case
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learned	obl
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 omens	det
4	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 omens	compound
5	omens	omen	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 learned	nsubj:pass
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 learned	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 learned	aux
8	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 once	punct
10	And	and	CCONJ	_	11 once	cc
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 learned	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 darkening	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 darkening	mark
14	o’er	o'er	ADP	_	13 as	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 darkening	det
16	darkening	darken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 learned	advcl
17	deep	deep	ADV	_	19 roved	advmod
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 roved	nsubj
19	roved	rove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 darkening	ccomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Finola	punct
21	Finola	Finola	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 roved	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 discerned	punct
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 discerned	nsubj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 woe	det
25	advancing	advance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 woe	amod
26	woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 discerned	nsubj
27	discerned	discern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 Finola	acl:relcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Addressed	punct
29	Addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 roved	conj
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 Addressed	obj
31	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 brothers	punct
32	‘	'	PUNCT	_	34 brothers	punct
33	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 brothers	amod
34	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 Addressed	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 beloved	punct
36	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	37 beloved	advmod
37	beloved	belov	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 brothers	acl:relcl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 tried	punct
39	Though	though	SCONJ	_	44 tried	mark
40	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 storm	amod
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 storm	det
42	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 tried	nsubj
43	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 tried	aux:pass
44	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 beloved	conj
45	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 tried	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Comes	punct
47	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	50 Comes	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 worst	det
49	worst	worst	NOUN	_	50 Comes	nsubj
50	Comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 roved	parataxis
51	up	up	ADP	_	50 Comes	compound:prt
52	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 night	det
53	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 Comes	obl:unmarked
54	:	:	PUNCT	_	58 ere	punct
55	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 ere	advmod
56	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	58 ere	advmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 therefore	punct
58	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 Comes	parataxis
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 ere	obj
60	burst	burst	PUNCT	_	8 learned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past · perfect · passive		all ocean omens	time	omens = omen nsubj; once property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	darken	gerund					tree rules
3	rove	past	omens = omen	Finola		deep property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location finola=Theme
4	advance	gerund					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	discern	past	Finola			the advancing woe nsubj	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	address	past	omens = omen not said here	omens = omen		Little brothers obl	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination
7	belov	participle		Little brothers not said here		well property	tree rules
8	try	present · passive		a many storm		us obj	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer we=Result
9	come up	present	the worst		night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	ere	past		storm	now	therefore property	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 61