--- title: And since with that rough ice their feet were sore God for their sak… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And since with that rough ice their feet were sore God for their sake a breeze from Eden sent That gently raised them from the ocean’s floor And in its bosom, as an ambient tent, Held them, suspense: and with a dew of balm God, while they slept, made air and ocean calm. 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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 (feet, breeze, That, ambient tent), 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:pg78491:10:23 # text = And since with that rough ice their feet were sore God for their sake a breeze from Eden sent That gently raised them from the ocean’s floor And in its bosom, as an ambient tent, Held them, suspense: and with a dew of balm God, while they slept, made air and ocean calm. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 since since ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Eden Eden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 21 gently gently ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 ambient ambient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 suspense suspense NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 balm balm NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:desc _ _ 50 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 while while SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 57 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | seas's feet | sore God | | | | for seas's sake | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | past | a breeze from Eden | | | | | with that rough ice; with a dew of God balm; since *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **raise** | past | That | feet *= foot* | | the ocean's floor and breeze's bosom | | as a ambient tent and suspense; gently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme from floor=Destination | | 4 | **hold** | past | a ambient tent and suspense *not said here* | feet *= foot* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | past | feet *= foot* | God balm *not said here* | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | air and ocean | | | | calm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product | | 7 | **bosom** | | breeze | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: 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. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)