--- title: And there for many a winter they abode, Harbouring in precincts of t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And there for many a winter they abode, Harbouring in precincts of the setting sun; And mourned by day, yet sang at night their ode As though in praise of some great victory won: Some conqueror more than man; some heavenly crown Slowly o’er all creation settling down. 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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 (streaks, praise, creation), 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:pg78491:10:3 # text = And there for many a winter they abode, Harbouring in precincts of the setting sun; And mourned by day, yet sang at night their ode As though in praise of some great victory won: Some conqueror more than man; some heavenly crown Slowly o’er all creation settling down. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 abode abide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Harbouring harbour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 precincts precinct NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 mourned mourn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ode ode NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 As as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 46 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 48 Slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 49 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 creation creation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 52 settling settle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 acl _ _ 53 down down ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abide** | past | streaks *= streak* | | | there | winter | o'er all creation; some heavenly crown *parataxis*; slowly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **harbour** | gerund | streaks *= streak* *not said here* | | | precincts of the setting sun | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mourn** | participle | streaks *= streak* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | streaks *= streak* *not said here* | streaks's ode | | | night | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ode=Theme | | 5 | **win** | past | praise of some great victory | more some conqueror than man | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | | 6 | **settle down** | gerund | all creation *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **praise** | | | some great victory | | | | | nom praise «communication 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)