--- title: She sang, and ceased, though long the feathered throat Panted with p… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She sang, and ceased, though long the feathered throat Panted with passion of the unuttered song: At last she spake with voice that seemed remote Like echoed voice of one the tombs among: ‘Depart we hence! Who acts: music, feathered throat, voice, remote Like. 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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 (music, feathered throat, voice, remote Like), 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:pg78491:10:38 # text = She sang, and ceased, though long the feathered throat Panted with passion of the unuttered song: At last she spake with voice that seemed remote Like echoed voice of one the tombs among: ‘Depart we hence! 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 though though ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 Panted pant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 unuttered unuttered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 At at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Like Like PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 echoed echo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 31 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tombs tomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 hence hence ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | music | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **cease** | past | music *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **pant** | participle | the feathered throat | | | | | with passion of the unuttered song; long *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | music | | | last | | with voice | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with voice=Co-Agent | | 5 | **seem** | past | voice | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **echo** | past | remote Like | voice of the one tombs | | | | | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location voice=Theme | | 7 | **depart** | infinitive | music *not said here* | we | | | | hence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme we=Initial\_Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)