--- title: Finola lay, once more an eight years’ child: Upon her right hand Aod… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Finola lay, once more an eight years’ child: Upon her right hand Aodh took his rest, Upon her left Fiacre;--in death he smiled: Her little Conn was cradled on her breast: And all their saintly raiment shone as bright As sea-foam sparkling on a moonlit night; Who acts: Finola, Death, sea foam. 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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 (Finola, Death, sea foam), 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:pg78491:10:77 # text = Finola lay, once more an eight years’ child: Upon her right hand Aodh took his rest, Upon her left Fiacre;--in death he smiled: Her little Conn was cradled on her breast: And all their saintly raiment shone as bright As sea-foam sparkling on a moonlit night; 1 Finola Finola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 Aodh Aodh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Fiacre Fiacre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Conn Conn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 cradled cradle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 saintly saintly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 46 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 49 As as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 moonlit moonlit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | Finola | a eight years's child | | | | hands's saintly raiment *parataxis* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | Finola *not said here* | Aodh's rest | | | | upon child's right hand; upon child's left Fiacre | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 3 | **smile** | past | Death | | | | | in death | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in death=Theme | | 4 | **cradle** | past · passive | | child's little Conn | | child's breast | | | tree rules | | 5 | **shine** | participle | | hands's saintly raiment *not said here* | | | | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sparkle** | gerund | sea foam *not said here* | | | | night | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)