The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 62
‘Devise we swiftly if, through God’s high Will, Billow or blast divides us each from each, Some refuge-house wherein, when winds are still, To meet once more--low rock or sandy beach:’ And answer thus they made: ‘One spot alone This night can yield us refuge, Carickrone.’
Who acts: Devise, winds, ’, One spot · What happens: divide, be, meet, make, yield, refuge · To what, where: us, low rock
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 (Devise, winds, ’, One spot), 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 | _ | 2 Devise | punct |
| 2 | Devise | devise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 divides | nsubj |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 Will | nsubj |
| 4 | swiftly | swiftly | ADV | _ | 11 Will | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 Will | mark |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Will | punct |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 Will | case |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 high | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 God | case |
| 10 | high | high | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Will | nsubj |
| 11 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 Devise | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Billow | punct |
| 13 | Billow | Billow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Devise | nmod |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 blast | cc |
| 15 | blast | blast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Devise | conj |
| 16 | divides | divide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 divides | obj |
| 18 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 us | nmod:unmarked |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 each | case |
| 20 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 divides | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 house | punct |
| 22 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 house | det |
| 23 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 house | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 refuge | punct |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 divides | parataxis |
| 26 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 house | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 still | punct |
| 28 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 31 still | mark |
| 29 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 still | nsubj |
| 30 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 still | cop |
| 31 | still | still | ADV | _ | 25 house | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 meet | punct |
| 33 | To | to | PART | _ | 34 meet | mark |
| 34 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 31 still | parataxis |
| 35 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 36 more | advmod |
| 36 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 34 meet | advmod |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 rock | punct |
| 38 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 rock | amod |
| 39 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | obl |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 beach | cc |
| 41 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 beach | amod |
| 42 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 rock | conj |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 ’ | punct |
| 44 | ’ | ' | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | nsubj |
| 45 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 answer | cc |
| 46 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 ’ | conj |
| 47 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 49 made | advmod |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 made | nsubj |
| 49 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 meet | parataxis |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 58 yield | punct |
| 51 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 spot | punct |
| 52 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 spot | nummod |
| 53 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 yield | nsubj |
| 54 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 53 spot | advmod |
| 55 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 night | det |
| 56 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 yield | nsubj |
| 57 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 yield | aux |
| 58 | yield | yield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 made | advcl |
| 59 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 yield | obj |
| 60 | refuge | refuge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 yield | xcomp |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 Carickrone | punct |
| 62 | Carickrone | Carickrone | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 yield | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 house | punct |
| 64 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 divides | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | present | Devise Billow or blast | us | from each; some refuge house parataxis | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient from each=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | winds | still property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | make | past | ’ and answer | low rock or sandy beach | thus property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||
| 5 | yield | can | One spot | us | Carickrone obl | tree rules | |||
| 6 | refuge | infinitive | One spot not said here | 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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