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title: Not then the waves with that still site contended; On its warm sandh… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Not then the waves with that still site contended; On its warm sandhills pansies always bloomed; And ever with the inspiring sea-wind blended The breath of gardens violet-perfumed; And daisies whitened lawn and dell, and spread At sunset o’er green hills their under-red, Who acts: waves, pansies, da
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 47

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Not then the waves with that still site contended; On its warm sandhills pansies always bloomed; And ever with the inspiring sea-wind blended The breath of gardens violet-perfumed; And daisies whitened lawn and dell, and spread At sunset o’er green hills their under-red,

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**Who acts:** waves, pansies, daisies · **What happens:** contend, bloom, blend, perfume, whiten, spread · **To what, where:** warm sandhills, breath, gardens, lawn, o’er green hills

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This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waves, pansies, daisies), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:10:47
# text = Not then the waves with that still site contended; On its warm sandhills pansies always bloomed; And ever with the inspiring sea-wind blended The breath of gardens violet-perfumed; And daisies whitened lawn and dell, and spread At sunset o’er green hills their under-red,
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	contended	contend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
11	On	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sandhills	sandhill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
15	pansies	pansy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
17	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
19	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
20	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	27	advmod	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
23	inspiring	inspiring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
24	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
27	blended	blend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
28	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
32	violet	violet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	perfumed	perfume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
36	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	daisies	daisy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
38	whitened	whiten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
39	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	dell	dell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
45	At	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
47	o’er	o'	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	49	amod	_	_
48	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
50	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	conj	_	_
51	under	under	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contend** | participle | the waves with that site |  |  |  | then |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bloom** | participle | pansies |  |  | wave's warm sandhills |  | always *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sandhill=Location |
| 3 | **blend** | past | the waves with that site *not said here* | the breath of gardens |  |  | ever | with the inspiring sea wind | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent breath=Patient with wind=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **perfume** | participle |  | gardens *not said here* |  |  |  | violet *compound* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **whiten** | past | daisies | lawn and dell |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient |
| 6 | **spread** | past | daisies *not said here* | o’er green hills |  |  | sunset | daisies *= daisy* *conj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hill=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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