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title: Terrible it comes, Four-peaked; and o’er those peaks a shadowy pall… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Terrible it comes, Four-peaked; and o’er those peaks a shadowy pall Pavilioning dim crypt and caves of death: I see it by the gleam of spears high held, The glare of circling Spirits. Who acts: car, o’er, shadowy pall, I. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 103

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Terrible it comes, Four-peaked; and o’er those peaks a shadowy pall Pavilioning dim crypt and caves of death: I see it by the gleam of spears high held, The glare of circling Spirits.

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**Who acts:** car, o’er, shadowy pall, I, spears · **What happens:** come, peak, pavilion, see, hold · **To what, where:** Four, shadowy pall, dim crypt, car

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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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (car, o’er, shadowy pall, I), 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:pg78491:13:105
# text = Terrible it comes, Four-peaked; and o’er those peaks a shadowy pall Pavilioning dim crypt and caves of death: I see it by the gleam of spears high held, The glare of circling Spirits.
1	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	peaked	peak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	o’er	o'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
12	peaks	peak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pall	pall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	Pavilioning	pavilion	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	crypt	crypt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	gleam	gleam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
32	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	advmod	_	_
33	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	glare	glare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	circling	circling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	Spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | car |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **peak** | participle · passive |  | Four |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **peak** | present | o’er | a shadowy pall |  |  |  | those *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **pavilion** | gerund | a shadowy pall *not said here* | dim crypt and caves of death |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **see** | present | I | car |  |  |  | by the gleam of spears and the glare of circling Spirits | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 6 | **hold** | past | spears *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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