--- title: Fierce she stood: Glorying she spake, and with attendance passed For… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Fierce she stood: Glorying she spake, and with attendance passed Forth from the hall of banquet to her tent: But as she passed she heard at either side She and her ladies with her, trembling heard The rushing of a panic-stricken host Invisible, though now the dawn was grey, A host t’ward Shenan flyi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/197/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/) / 197 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 197 Fierce she stood: Glorying she spake, and with attendance passed Forth from the hall of banquet to her tent: But as she passed she heard at either side She and her ladies with her, trembling heard The rushing of a panic-stricken host Invisible, though now the dawn was grey, A host t’ward Shenan flying! **Who acts:** Fierce, dawn, host t’ward · **What happens:** stand, glory, speak, pass, hear, tremble · **To what, where:** attendance, hall, side · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fierce, dawn, host t’ward), 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:pg78491:15:199 # text = Fierce she stood: Glorying she spake, and with attendance passed Forth from the hall of banquet to her tent: But as she passed she heard at either side She and her ladies with her, trembling heard The rushing of a panic-stricken host Invisible, though now the dawn was grey, A host t’ward Shenan flying! 1 Fierce fierce NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Glorying glory VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 attendance attendance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 12 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 Forth forth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 But but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 nsubj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 41 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 panic panic NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 49 Invisible Invisible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 though though ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 t’ward t'ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 61 Shenan Shenan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 appos _ _ 62 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Fierce | | | | | attendance *parataxis* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **glory** | gerund | Fierce *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Fierce | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** | participle | | attendance *not said here* | | the hall of banquet to Fierce's tent | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hall=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **pass** | past | Fierce | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | past | Fierce | | | either side tent | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | past | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | of a stricken host | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of host=Trajectory | | 10 | **is** | past | the dawn | | | | now | a host t’ward *conj*; grey, though *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **fly** | gerund | a host t’ward *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/196/) - next →: [sentence 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/198/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)