--- title: He gazed; and, though incapable of fear, Awe, such as heroes feel, p… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He gazed; and, though incapable of fear, Awe, such as heroes feel, possessed his heart: Its beatings shook his brain: his corporal mould Throbbed as a branch against some river swift; And backward turned his hair like berried trails Of thorn athwart the hedge. 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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 (strength, heroes, incapable, beatings), 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:pg78491:12:91 # text = He gazed; and, though incapable of fear, Awe, such as heroes feel, possessed his heart: Its beatings shook his brain: his corporal mould Throbbed as a branch against some river swift; And backward turned his hair like berried trails Of thorn athwart the hedge. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 though though SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 incapable incapable NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Awe awe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 18 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 beatings beating NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 corporal corporal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 Throbbed throb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 backward backward ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 berried berry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 trails trail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 48 Of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 athwart athwart ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | past | strength | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | present | heroes | Awe *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awe=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | past | incapable of fear and Awe | strength's heart | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme | | 4 | **shake** | past | Portent's beatings | strength's brain and strength's corporal mould | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent brain=Patient | | 5 | **throb** | participle | | strength's corporal mould *not said here* | | | | as a branch against some river swift | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | past | strength *not said here* | strength's hair | | | | like berried trails of thorn; athwart the hedge; backward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 7 | **berry** | participle | | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **beat** | | Portent | | | | | | nom beating «act transitive»: poss=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)