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title: There dwelt those Swans; there louder anthems chanted; There first t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: There dwelt those Swans; there louder anthems chanted; There first they sang by day--rapt song and hymn, Till all those birds the western coasts that haunted Came flying far o’er ocean’s purple rim, Scorning thenceforth wild cliff and beds of foam; And made, then first, that sacred isle their home. 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 53

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There dwelt those Swans; there louder anthems chanted; There first they sang by day--rapt song and hymn, Till all those birds the western coasts that haunted Came flying far o’er ocean’s purple rim, Scorning thenceforth wild cliff and beds of foam; And made, then first, that sacred isle their home.

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**Who acts:** anthems, western coasts · **What happens:** dwell, chant, sing, haunt, fly, scorn · **To what, where:** those, louder anthems, rapt song, Came, purple rim, wild cliff

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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 (anthems, western coasts), 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:pg78491:10:53
# text = There dwelt those Swans; there louder anthems chanted; There first they sang by day--rapt song and hymn, Till all those birds the western coasts that haunted Came flying far o’er ocean’s purple rim, Scorning thenceforth wild cliff and beds of foam; And made, then first, that sacred isle their home.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	_
4	Swans	Swan	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
7	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	anthems	anthem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
9	chanted	chant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	rapt	rapt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
25	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
26	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	coasts	coast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
31	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
32	Came	Came	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
33	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	xcomp	_	_
34	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	35	advmod	_	_
35	o’er	o'	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	amod	_	_
36	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’s	's	PART	POS	_	36	case	_	_
38	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	rim	rim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	Scorning	scorn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	conj	_	_
42	thenceforth	thenceforth	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	foam	foam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
50	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	54	advmod	_	_
54	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	58	det	_	_
57	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
59	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | past |  | those  Swans |  | there; there |  | louder anthems *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chant** | participle |  | louder anthems *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | anthems *= anthem* | rapt song and hymn |  | there | till all birds  the western coasts; day | first *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **haunt** | past | the western coasts | Came |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fly** | gerund | the western coasts *not said here* | o’er ocean's purple rim |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rim=Theme |
| 6 | **scorn** | gerund | the western coasts *not said here* | wild cliff and beds of foam |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme |
| 7 | **make** | past |  | that sacred isle  anthems's home |  |  | then | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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