--- title: First, from the southern stars there came a breeze On-wafting happy… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: First, from the southern stars there came a breeze On-wafting happy mist of moonlit rain; And when the sun ascended o’er the seas The ice was vanquished; and the watery plain And every cloud with rapture thrilled and stirred: And lo, at noon the cuckoo’s voice was heard! 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (southern stars, breeze, sun), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:10:22 # text = First, from the southern stars there came a breeze On-wafting happy mist of moonlit rain; And when the sun ascended o’er the seas The ice was vanquished; and the watery plain And every cloud with rapture thrilled and stirred: And lo, at noon the cuckoo’s voice was heard! 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 On on SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 wafting waft VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 14 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 moonlit moonlit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 ascended ascend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 25 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 watery watery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 rapture rapture NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 thrilled thrill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 47 lo lo INTJ UH _ 56 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the southern stars | the watery plain and every cloud with rapture | | | | a breeze *nsubj*; first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **waft** | gerund | a breeze *not said here* | happy mist of moonlit rain | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mist=Theme | | 3 | **ascend** | participle | the sun | | | | | o'er the seas | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **vanquish** | past · passive | | the ice | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **thrill** | participle | | every cloud with rapture *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **stir** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hear** | past · passive | | noon the cuckoo's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **mist** | | | moonlit rain | | | | | nom mist «phenomenon transitive»: of=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. - ← previous: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)