--- title: Up from the sea they rose in widening gyre, And hung suspended mid t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Up from the sea they rose in widening gyre, And hung suspended mid the ethereal blue, And saw, far-flashing in the sunset’s fire, A wood-girt lake whose splendour well they knew; And flew all night; and reached at dawn its shore-- Ah, then rang out that wail ne’er heard before! 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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 (brothers, wail ne’er, sunset), 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:pg78491:10:32 # text = Up from the sea they rose in widening gyre, And hung suspended mid the ethereal blue, And saw, far-flashing in the sunset’s fire, A wood-girt lake whose splendour well they knew; And flew all night; and reached at dawn its shore-- Ah, then rang out that wail ne’er heard before! 1 Up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 widening widen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 gyre gyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 14 mid mid X AFX _ 17 compound _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 ethereal ethereal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 flashing flash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 ccomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 girt girt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 57 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 58 out out ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 ne’er ne'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ _ 63 before before ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | brothers *= brother* | a wood | | the sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **widen** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | gyre | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gyre=Patient | | 3 | **hang** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **suspend** | participle | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **flash** | gerund | | | | the sunset's fire | | far *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fire=Location | | 7 | **girt** | infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | lake | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | past | brothers *= brother* | lake's splendour *not said here* | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **fly** | past | | | | | night | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **reach** | past | | | | | dawn | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **ring out** | past | | | | | then | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **hear** | participle | wail ne’er | | | | | before *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **fire** | | the sunset | | | | | | nom fire «event 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)