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title: A moment prone the wildered creatures lay; Then slowly up that bread… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: A moment prone the wildered creatures lay; Then slowly up that breadth of tawny sand, Like wounded beast that can but crawl, made way With knee convulsed, and closed and clutching hand, Nine-centuried forms, still breathing mortal breath, Though shrouded in the cerements pale of death. Who acts: wil
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 71

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A moment prone the wildered creatures lay; Then slowly up that breadth of tawny sand, Like wounded beast that can but crawl, made way With knee convulsed, and closed and clutching hand, Nine-centuried forms, still breathing mortal breath, Though shrouded in the cerements pale of death.

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**Who acts:** wildered creatures, moment prone · **What happens:** wilder, lay, make, convulse, close, clutch · **To what, where:** moment prone, way, knee, hand, mortal breath

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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 (wildered creatures, moment prone), 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:pg78491:10:71
# text = A moment prone the wildered creatures lay; Then slowly up that breadth of tawny sand, Like wounded beast that can but crawl, made way With knee convulsed, and closed and clutching hand, Nine-centuried forms, still breathing mortal breath, Though shrouded in the cerements pale of death.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	prone	prone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wildered	wilder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	breadth	breadth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	tawny	tawny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	crawl	crawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
26	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
28	With	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	convulsed	convulse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	parataxis	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	clutching	clutch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	conj	_	_
36	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	centuried	centuried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	still	still	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
45	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
49	shrouded	shroud	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	conj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	cerements	cerement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	_
53	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wilder** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lay** | present | the wildered creatures | a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prone=Result |
| 3 | **make** | past | a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl | way |  |  |  | with knee; Nine centuried forms *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product |
| 4 | **convulse** | participle |  | knee *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **clutch** | gerund |  | hand |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 7 | **breathe** | gerund | a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl *not said here* | mortal breath |  |  | still |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 8 | **shroud** | participle | a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the cerements | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cerement=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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