--- title: No stag-hound of the storm-swept hills: No watch-hound watching by a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: No stag-hound of the storm-swept hills: No watch-hound watching by a merchant’s store: The hound he is that tracks the steps of doom; The hound of realms o’er-run, and hosts that fly; The hound that laps the blood!’ Who acts: watch hound, madness, hosts, hound. 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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 (watch hound, madness, hosts, hound), 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:pg78491:13:110 # text = No stag-hound of the storm-swept hills: No watch-hound watching by a merchant’s store: The hound he is that tracks the steps of doom; The hound of realms o’er-run, and hosts that fly; The hound that laps the blood!’ 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 2 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 13 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 16 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 that that ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 realms realm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 run run NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 laps lap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | participle | | | | | | storm *compound* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | no watch hound *not said here* | | | | | by a merchant's store | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by store=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | madness | | | | | that tracks; the steps of doom *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **fly** | present | hosts | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lap** | present | the hound | the blood | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 7 | **step** | | | doom | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)