The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 65

But when she found no gentle brother near, And heard the great storm roaring far away, Anguish of anguish pierced her heart, and fear, And thus she made her moan and sang her lay: ‘Death-cold they lie along the far sea-tide: Would that as cold I drifted at their side!’

Who acts: Finola, great storm, anguish, lay, I · What happens: find, hear, roar, pierce, make, sing · To what, where: gentle brother, great storm, heart, moan, lay, Death cold

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 (Finola, great storm, anguish, lay), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	11 heard	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 found	advmod
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 brother	det
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
8	near	near	ADV	_	4 found	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
10	And	and	CCONJ	_	11 heard	cc
11	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 storm	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 storm	amod
14	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	obj
15	roaring	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 storm	acl
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	15 roaring	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Anguish	punct
19	Anguish	Anguish	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 storm	appos
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 anguish	case
21	anguish	anguish	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Anguish	nmod
22	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 anguish	acl
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 heart	nmod:poss
24	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 pierced	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fear	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 fear	cc
27	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 made	punct
29	And	and	CCONJ	_	32 made	cc
30	thus	thus	ADV	_	32 made	advmod
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 made	nsubj
32	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	parataxis
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 moan	nmod:poss
34	moan	moan	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 made	obj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 sang	cc
36	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 made	conj
37	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 lay	nmod:poss
38	lay	lay	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 sang	obj
39	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 lie	punct
40	‘	'	PUNCT	_	43 cold	punct
41	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 cold	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 Death	punct
43	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 lie	obl
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 lie	nsubj
45	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	parataxis
46	along	along	ADP	_	51 tide	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 tide	det
48	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tide	amod
49	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 tide	compound
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	49 sea	punct
51	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 lie	obl
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	56 cold	punct
53	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 cold	aux
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 cold	nsubj
55	as	as	ADP	_	56 cold	case
56	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 heard	parataxis
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 drifted	nsubj
58	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 cold	conj
59	at	at	ADP	_	61 side	case
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 side	nmod:poss
61	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 drifted	obl
62	!	!	PUNCT	_	56 cold	punct
63	’	'	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past	Finola	no gentle brother		near property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic
2	hear	past		the great storm		fear conj	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer storm=Stimulus
3	roar	gerund	the great storm not said here			away property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pierce	participle	anguish not said here	Finola's heart			vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
5	make	past	Finola	Finola's moan		thus property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moan=Product
6	sing speech: express	past	Finola not said here	Finola's lay			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lay=Theme
7	lie	present	lay	Death cold	the far sea tide		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along tide=Location
8	drift	past	I		lay's side		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at side=Trajectory
9	moan		Finola				nom moan «communication 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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 65