--- title: In their might they rose From Eyrus’ vales to utmost Cahirnane, From… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: In their might they rose From Eyrus’ vales to utmost Cahirnane, From Oileen Arda on to Borda Lu, And where the loud wave breaks on Beara’s isle; And by the hallowed banks of Darvra’s lake Where, changed to swans, the Children Four of Lir, Dowerless on earth, their home the homeless waves, Darkling y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/) / 58 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 58 In their might they rose From Eyrus’ vales to utmost Cahirnane, From Oileen Arda on to Borda Lu, And where the loud wave breaks on Beara’s isle; And by the hallowed banks of Darvra’s lake Where, changed to swans, the Children Four of Lir, Dowerless on earth, their home the homeless waves, Darkling yet gladdening gloomier hearts with light, And sad yet solaced through one conquering hope, By song had vanquished sorrow. **Who acts:** Twas, loud wave, homeless waves · **What happens:** rise, break, hallow, change, darkl, gladden · **To what, where:** vales, isle, sad, one conquering hope, sorrow This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Twas, loud wave, homeless waves), 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:pg78491:11:60 # text = In their might they rose From Eyrus’ vales to utmost Cahirnane, From Oileen Arda on to Borda Lu, And where the loud wave breaks on Beara’s isle; And by the hallowed banks of Darvra’s lake Where, changed to swans, the Children Four of Lir, Dowerless on earth, their home the homeless waves, Darkling yet gladdening gloomier hearts with light, And sad yet solaced through one conquering hope, By song had vanquished sorrow. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 From from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Eyrus Eyrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 vales vale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Cahirnane Cahirnane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 From from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Oileen Oileen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 16 Arda Arda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Borda Borda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 20 Lu Lu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Beara Beara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 hallowed hallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 Darvra Darvra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 50 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 flat _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Lir Lir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Dowerless Dowerless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 homeless homeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 Darkling darkl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 nsubj _ _ 65 yet yet ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 gladdening gladden VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 amod _ _ 67 gloomier gloomy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 68 amod _ _ 68 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 And and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 yet yet ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 solaced solace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 76 through through ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 79 nummod _ _ 78 conquering conquer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 79 amod _ _ 79 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 By by ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ _ 83 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 75 conj _ _ 85 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | might | Twas *= twa* | | | Eyrus's vales to utmost Cahirnane | | from Oileen; on Borda; by the hallowed banks of Darvra's lake and the Children and Dowerless on earth the homeless waves | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from vale=Initial\_Location from oileen=Destination | | 2 | **break** | present | the loud wave | | | Beara's isle | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on isle=Location | | 3 | **hallow** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | participle | | | | | | to swans *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to swan=Result | | 5 | **darkl** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gladden** | gerund | | | | | yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **heart** | | | | | | yet | with light | tree rules | | 8 | **solace** | participle · passive | the homeless waves *not said here* | sad | | one conquering hope | yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **conquer** | gerund | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **vanquish** | past · perfect | the homeless waves *not said here* | sorrow | | | | by song | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)