--- title: That mist thou saw’st What is it but the tempest of their march, The… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That mist thou saw’st What is it but the tempest of their march, The dust flung upwards and the sweat exhaled And visible breath of warrior and of horse That breathes the northwind and the sunny glare? Who acts: mist, dust, sweat, warrior. 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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 (mist, dust, sweat, warrior), 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:pg78491:15:107 # text = That mist thou saw’st What is it but the tempest of their march, The dust flung upwards and the sweat exhaled And visible breath of warrior and of horse That breathes the northwind and the sunny glare? 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw’st saw'st VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 upwards upwards ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 exhaled exhale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 32 breathes breathe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 northwind northwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **saw'st** | past | that mist | | | | | thou *nsubj*; What the tempest of Knights's march *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | mist | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fling** | past | the dust | | | | | upwards *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **exhale** | past | the sweat | | | | | visible breath of warrior and horse *conj* | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **breathe** | present | warrior and horse | the northwind and the sunny glare | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent northwind=Theme | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)