The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 76
The growths beside their native lake oft noted In that sublimer clime no more they missed; Jewels, not flowers they found where’er they floated, Emerald and sapphire, opal, amethyst, Far-kenned through watery depths or magic air, Or trails of broken rainbows, here and there.
Who acts: growths · What happens: note, miss, find, float, ken, break · To what, where: growths, sublimer clime, Jewels, where’er, watery depths
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 (growths), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 growths | det |
| 2 | growths | growth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 noted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 6 lake | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lake | nmod:poss |
| 5 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lake | amod |
| 6 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 growths | nmod |
| 7 | oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lake | amod |
| 8 | noted | note | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | In | in | ADP | _ | 12 clime | case |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 clime | det |
| 11 | sublimer | sublimer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 clime | compound |
| 12 | clime | clime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 noted | obl |
| 13 | no | no | ADV | _ | 14 more | advmod |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 missed | advmod |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 missed | nsubj |
| 16 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 noted | parataxis |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 Jewels | punct |
| 18 | Jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 missed | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 flowers | punct |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 flowers | advmod |
| 21 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 found | nsubj |
| 23 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 flowers | acl:relcl |
| 24 | where’er | where'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 found | obj |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 floated | nsubj |
| 26 | floated | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 where’er | acl:relcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Emerald | punct |
| 28 | Emerald | Emerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Jewels | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 sapphire | cc |
| 30 | sapphire | sapphire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 opal | punct |
| 32 | opal | opal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 amethyst | punct |
| 34 | amethyst | amethyst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 kenned | punct |
| 36 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 kenned | advmod |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 Far | punct |
| 38 | kenned | ken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 39 | through | through | ADP | _ | 41 depths | case |
| 40 | watery | watery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 depths | amod |
| 41 | depths | depth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 kenned | obl |
| 42 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 44 air | cc |
| 43 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 air | amod |
| 44 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 depths | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 trails | punct |
| 46 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 trails | cc |
| 47 | trails | trail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 Jewels | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 rainbows | case |
| 49 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 rainbows | amod |
| 50 | rainbows | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 trails | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 here | punct |
| 52 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 Jewels | advmod |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 there | cc |
| 54 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 52 here | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 noted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | note | participle · passive | the growths beside growths's native lake | that sublimer clime | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | growths = growth | Jewels Emerald and flowers and sapphire and opal and amethyst or trails of broken rainbows | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jewel=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | find | past | growths = growth | where’er | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent where'er=Topic | ||||
| 4 | float | past | growths = growth | where’er not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent where'er=Agent | ||||
| 5 | ken | participle | growths = growth not said here | watery depths or magic air | far property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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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