--- title: But when the rising sun made visible The night-mist hovering long o’… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the rising sun made visible The night-mist hovering long o’er banks of reed They cast their broad wings on a gathering swell Of wind that, late from eastern sea-caves freed, Waved all the island’s oakwoods t’ward the West; And seaward swooped at eve, and there found rest. 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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 (night mist, banks), 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:pg78491:10:43 # text = But when the rising sun made visible The night-mist hovering long o’er banks of reed They cast their broad wings on a gathering swell Of wind that, late from eastern sea-caves freed, Waved all the island’s oakwoods t’ward the West; And seaward swooped at eve, and there found rest. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 amod _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 12 hovering hover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 reed reed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 gathering gather VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 swell swell NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 Of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 37 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Waved wave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 oakwoods oakwood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 advcl _ _ 45 t’ward t'ward ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 seaward seaward NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 51 swooped swoop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 57 expl _ _ 57 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 58 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the rising sun *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **hover** | gerund | the night mist *not said here* | long o’er banks | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme | | 4 | **cast** | past | banks *= bank* | banks's broad wings | | a gathering swell of wind and eastern sea caves that | | of reed | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent wing=Theme on swell=Destination | | 5 | **gather** | gerund | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **free** | participle | | eastern sea caves that *not said here* | | | | the island's oakwoods t'ward the West *advcl* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 7 | **wave** | participle | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **swoop** | participle | | seaward *not said here* | | eve | | | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | participle | | rest | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)