--- title: And many a time they floated farther south Where milder airs endear… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And many a time they floated farther south Where milder airs endear sea-margins bleak, To that dim Head far seen o’er Shenan’s mouth, Or Smerwick’s ill-famed cliff and winding creek, Or where on Brandon sleeps Milesius’ son With all his shipwrecked warriors round him--Donn. 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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 (sports, milder airs), 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:pg78491:10:28 # text = And many a time they floated farther south Where milder airs endear sea-margins bleak, To that dim Head far seen o’er Shenan’s mouth, Or Smerwick’s ill-famed cliff and winding creek, Or where on Brandon sleeps Milesius’ son With all his shipwrecked warriors round him--Donn. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 south south ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 milder mild ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 airs air NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 endear endear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 margins margin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 compound _ _ 16 bleak bleak NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 To to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 23 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 24 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 Shenan Shenan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 Or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 Smerwick Smerwick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 famed fame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 winding wind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 38 creek creek NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 Or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Brandon Brandon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 44 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 45 Milesius Milesius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 With with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 shipwrecked shipwreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 amod _ _ 52 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 53 round round ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Donn Donn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | past | sports *= sport* | Smerwick's ill famed cliff | | | time | south *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **endear** | present | milder airs | margins bleak | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | participle | sports *= sport* *not said here* | | | | | to that dim Head; o'er Shenan's mouth; far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **fame** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wind** | gerund | sports *= sport* *not said here* | creek | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent creek=Theme | | 6 | **sleep** | present | sports *= sport* *not said here* | Milesius's son | | Brandon | | with Milesius's shipwrecked warriors round Milesius Donn | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 7 | **shipwreck** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)