--- title: I sought the brothers Nemeth: one his eyes Bent on the smoke-wreath… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: I sought the brothers Nemeth: one his eyes Bent on the smoke-wreath from his chimney’s top, One on the foam-streak wavering down the stream; While each a finger raised, and said “Tread light! Who acts: I, foam streak. 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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 (I, foam streak), 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:pg78491:12:144 # text = I sought the brothers Nemeth: one his eyes Bent on the smoke-wreath from his chimney’s top, One on the foam-streak wavering down the stream; While each a finger raised, and said “Tread light! 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 Nemeth Nemeth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 10 Bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 28 wavering waver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 down down ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 While while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 37 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 43 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | I | brothers Nemeth | | | | Nemeth's one eyes *obl*; each finger *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nemeth=Theme | | 2 | **bend** | participle | | Nemeth's one eyes *not said here* | | the smoke wreath from Nemeth's chimney's top | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wreath=Location | | 3 | **waver** | gerund | the foam streak *not said here* | | | | | down the stream | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **raise** | participle | | each finger *not said here* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **tread** *in a quote* | infinitive | | light | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location light=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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/143/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)