--- title: Terribly it fixed On him alone its never-wandering eye; The dread Mo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Terribly it fixed On him alone its never-wandering eye; The dread Mor Reega,[31] she that from the skies O’er-rules the battle-fields, and sways at will This way or that the sable tides of death. Who acts: Portent, death. 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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 (Portent, death), 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:pg78491:12:90 # text = Terribly it fixed On him alone its never-wandering eye; The dread Mor Reega,[31] she that from the skies O’er-rules the battle-fields, and sways at will This way or that the sable tides of death. 1 Terribly terribly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 On on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Mor Mor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 Reega Reega PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 31 31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 parataxis _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 26 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 sways sway VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | past | Portent | Portent's wandering eye | | the skies O’er rules the battle fields | | on strength; dread Mor 31 that Mor *obl*; alone, terribly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Product from sky=Material | | 2 | **not** **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sway** | present | Portent *not said here* | | | this way or the sable tides of death | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at way=Location | | 4 | **tide** | | death | | | | | | nom tide «event 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)