--- title: Through Eman’s streets Send ye proclaim, ‘Will any holy Maid To save… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Through Eman’s streets Send ye proclaim, ‘Will any holy Maid To save the city take her station sole On yonder bridge, at parting of the ways, That city’s Emblem-Victim, robed in black Down from her girdle to the naked feet; Above that girdle this alone--the chains Of Eman’s gate, circling that virgi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/18/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/) / 18 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 18 Through Eman’s streets Send ye proclaim, ‘Will any holy Maid To save the city take her station sole On yonder bridge, at parting of the ways, That city’s Emblem-Victim, robed in black Down from her girdle to the naked feet; Above that girdle this alone--the chains Of Eman’s gate, circling that virgin throat And down at each side streaming? **Who acts:** streets, ye, holy Maid, virgin throat, ways · **What happens:** send, proclaim, save, take, robe, girdle · **To what, where:** city, station sole, bridge, ways, this, that This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (streets, ye, holy Maid, virgin throat), 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:pg78491:12:20 # text = Through Eman’s streets Send ye proclaim, ‘Will any holy Maid To save the city take her station sole On yonder bridge, at parting of the ways, That city’s Emblem-Victim, robed in black Down from her girdle to the naked feet; Above that girdle this alone--the chains Of Eman’s gate, circling that virgin throat And down at each side streaming? 1 Through through SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 12 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Maid Maid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 To to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 sole sole NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 On on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 Emblem emblem NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Down Down PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 Above above ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 obl _ _ 53 girdle girdle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 54 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 obj _ _ 55 alone alone ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 59 Of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 circling circle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 66 virgin virgin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 68 And and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 69 down down ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 70 at at ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 72 det _ _ 72 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ _ 73 streaming stream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | Eman's streets | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **proclaim** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **save** | future | any holy Maid | the city | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | any holy Maid *not said here* | Maid's station sole | | bridge | | at parting of the ways | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sole=Theme on bridge=Destination | | 5 | **robe** | participle | | the ways *not said here* | | | | from Maid's girdle; to the naked feet; in black Down | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in down=Theme | | 6 | **girdle** | present | any holy Maid *not said here* | this | | that | | the chains of Eman's gate *obl*; alone *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **circle** | gerund | any holy Maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stream** | gerund | virgin throat and each side | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **part** | | the ways | | | | | | nom parting «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)