--- title: On that green marge there rose an Altar-stone: Before it, robed in w… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: On that green marge there rose an Altar-stone: Before it, robed in white, with tonsured head, Stood up the kingly Tailkenn all alone: Not far behind, in reverence, not in dread, With low bent brows a princely senate knelt, Girding that altar as with golden belt. Who acts: low bent brows. 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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 (low bent brows), 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:pg78491:10:61 # text = On that green marge there rose an Altar-stone: Before it, robed in white, with tonsured head, Stood up the kingly Tailkenn all alone: Not far behind, in reverence, not in dread, With low bent brows a princely senate knelt, Girding that altar as with golden belt. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 marge marge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 Altar Altar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 Before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 tonsured tonsure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 kingly kingly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Tailkenn Tailkenn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 alone alone ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 behind behind ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 With with SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 43 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 senate senate NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Girding gird VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | | a Altar stone | | that green marge; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stone=Theme | | 2 | **robe** | participle · passive | | marge | | white | | with tonsured head | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with head=Theme | | 3 | **tonsure** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand up** | past | | | | | | the kingly Tailkenn *parataxis*; reverence and dread *parataxis*; alone, behind *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bend** | participle | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kneel** | past | low bent brows | | | | | a princely senate *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **gird** | gerund | low bent brows *not said here* | that altar | | | | as golden belt | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)