--- title: Morn the while Was dawning, though nor glowing cheek she raised Nor… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Morn the while Was dawning, though nor glowing cheek she raised Nor ardent eyes, with silver wand not gold Striking the unkindling portals of the East; And, ere the sun had risen, Ferdīa bathed Three times his forehead in the frosty stream; And bade attend his charioteer; and drave Begirt by stateli --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/92/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/) / 92 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 92 Morn the while Was dawning, though nor glowing cheek she raised Nor ardent eyes, with silver wand not gold Striking the unkindling portals of the East; And, ere the sun had risen, Ferdīa bathed Three times his forehead in the frosty stream; And bade attend his charioteer; and drave Begirt by stateliest equipage of war Down to the river’s brim. **Who acts:** you, while, Firbolg, gold, sun, Ferdīa · **What happens:** morn, dawn, glow, raise, strike, ere · **To what, where:** cheek, Nor ardent eyes, unkindling portals, forehead, frosty stream, charioteer 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 (you, while, Firbolg, gold), 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:pg78491:13:94 # text = Morn the while Was dawning, though nor glowing cheek she raised Nor ardent eyes, with silver wand not gold Striking the unkindling portals of the East; And, ere the sun had risen, Ferdīa bathed Three times his forehead in the frosty stream; And bade attend his charioteer; and drave Begirt by stateliest equipage of war Down to the river’s brim. 1 Morn morn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 dawning dawn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 9 cc _ _ 9 glowing glow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 10 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 Nor nor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 ardent ardent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 Striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 unkindling unkindling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 portals portal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Ferdīa Ferdīa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bathed bath VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 frosty frosty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 attend attend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 charioteer charioteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 drave drave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 57 Begirt Begirt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 stateliest stately ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 60 amod _ _ 60 equipage equipage NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 Down down ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’s 's PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 brim brim NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **morn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dawn** | past · progressive | the while | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **glow** | gerund | you *not said here* | cheek | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme | | 4 | **raise** | past | Firbolg | Nor ardent eyes | | | | with silver wand and gold | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with wand=Instrument | | 5 | **strike** | gerund | gold *not said here* | the unkindling portals of the East | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portal=Patient | | 6 | **ere** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rise** | past · perfect | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bath** | past | Ferdīa | Ferdīa's forehead | | the frosty stream | time | | tree rules | | 9 | **attend** | present | bade | Ferdīa's charioteer | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme charioteer=Goal | | 10 | **drave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Begirt | | | | by stateliest equipage of war; to the river's brim | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)