The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 71

And as they slept she sang: ‘Among the flowers Of old we played where princes quaffed their wine; But now for flowery fields sea-floods are ours; And now our wine-cup is the bitter brine: Yet, brothers, fear no ill; for God will send At last his Tailkenn, and our woes find end.’

Who acts: lightnings, Finola, we, princes, sea floods, wine cup · What happens: sleep, sing, play, quaff, be, fear · To what, where: flowers, wine, ours, bitter brine, ill, Tailkenn

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 (lightnings, Finola, we, princes), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 sang	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 slept	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slept	nsubj
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sang	advcl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 flowers	punct
8	‘	'	PUNCT	_	11 flowers	punct
9	Among	among	ADP	_	11 flowers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flowers	det
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sang	obl
12	Of	of	ADP	_	13 old	case
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flowers	amod
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 played	nsubj
15	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 old	acl:relcl
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 quaffed	advmod
17	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 quaffed	nsubj
18	quaffed	quaff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 played	advcl
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 wine	nmod:poss
20	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 quaffed	obj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 ours	punct
22	But	but	CCONJ	_	31 ours	cc
23	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 ours	advmod
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 fields	case
25	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 fields	amod
26	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 now	obl
27	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 floods	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 sea	punct
29	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 ours	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 ours	cop
31	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sang	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 brine	punct
33	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 brine	cc
34	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 brine	advmod
35	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 cup	nmod:poss
36	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 cup	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 wine	punct
38	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 brine	nsubj
39	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 brine	cop
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 brine	det
41	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 brine	amod
42	brine	brine	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 fear	nsubj
43	:	:	PUNCT	_	44 Yet	punct
44	Yet	yet	ADV	_	42 brine	advmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 brothers	punct
46	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 fear	nsubj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 brothers	punct
48	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sang	parataxis
49	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	50 ill	det
50	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 fear	obj
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 send	punct
52	for	for	ADP	_	53 God	case
53	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 send	obl
54	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 send	aux
55	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 sang	parataxis
56	At	at	ADP	_	57 last	case
57	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 send	obl
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 Tailkenn	nmod:poss
59	Tailkenn	Tailkenn	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 send	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 find	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 find	cc
62	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 woes	nmod:poss
63	woes	woe	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 find	nsubj
64	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 send	parataxis
65	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 find	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct
67	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	lightnings = lightning					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	past	Finola		the flowers			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among flower=Location
3	play	past	we					vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	quaff	past	princes	lightnings's wine				vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient
5	is a	present	sea floods	ours		now		tree rules
6	is a	present	our wine cup	the bitter brine		now; yet		tree rules
7	fear	present	the bitter brine	no ill			brothers nsubj	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ill=Stimulus
8	send	future		brine's Tailkenn	last		for God	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailkenn=Theme
9	find	present	our woes	end				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Topic

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 71