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title: O’er it at last up-towered On-borne, such power to blend have Spirit… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: O’er it at last up-towered On-borne, such power to blend have Spirits impure, A single Form--as when o’er seas storm-laid The watery column reels, and draws from heaven The cloud, and drowns the ship--a single Form, And Head, and Hand, clutching Cuchullain’s crest: Not wholly sank he. Who acts: stor
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 98

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O’er it at last up-towered On-borne, such power to blend have Spirits impure, A single Form--as when o’er seas storm-laid The watery column reels, and draws from heaven The cloud, and drowns the ship--a single Form, And Head, and Hand, clutching Cuchullain’s crest: Not wholly sank he.

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**Who acts:** storm, Hand, crest · **What happens:** tower, bear, blend, have, lay, draw · **To what, where:** single Form, such power, Spirits, watery column reels, cloud, heaven

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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 (storm, Hand, crest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:12:100
# text = O’er it at last up-towered On-borne, such power to blend have Spirits impure, A single Form--as when o’er seas storm-laid The watery column reels, and draws from heaven The cloud, and drowns the ship--a single Form, And Head, and Hand, clutching Cuchullain’s crest: Not wholly sank he.
1	O’er	O'er	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	appos	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	towered	tower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	blend	blend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
17	Spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
18	impure	impure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	parataxis	_	_
26	o’er	o'er	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	25	advcl:relcl	_	_
27	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	appos	_	_
28	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	watery	watery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	column	column	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	reels	reel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
38	from	from	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
40	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	drowns	drown	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	Form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	Hand	Hand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	clutching	clutch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
59	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	’s	's	PART	POS	_	59	case	_	_
61	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	65	punct	_	_
63	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	65	advmod	_	_
64	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	acl:relcl	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tower** | participle |  | a single Form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  | such power |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **blend** | to-infinitive |  | such power *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | infinitive |  | Spirits |  |  |  | impure *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient |
| 5 | **lay** | past | storm | the watery column reels |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reel=Result |
| 6 | **draw** | present | storm *not said here* | the cloud |  | heaven |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme from heaven=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **drown** | present | storm *not said here* | the ship |  |  |  | Head *obl* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |
| 8 | **clutch** | gerund | Hand | Cuchullain's crest |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crest=Theme |
| 9 | **not** **sink** | past | Cuchullain's crest *not said here* | storm |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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