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title: Who died not, fled and left Yet ampler ’twixt the bristling flanks o… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who died not, fled and left Yet ampler ’twixt the bristling flanks of war That vacant space; and as the dolphin oft Raptured by gladness of clear summer seas While flames the noon on purple billows, swims All round and round some ship full-sailed, so he Circled on foot at times that car wind-swift M
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 266

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Who died not, fled and left Yet ampler ’twixt the bristling flanks of war That vacant space; and as the dolphin oft Raptured by gladness of clear summer seas While flames the noon on purple billows, swims All round and round some ship full-sailed, so he Circled on foot at times that car wind-swift Mocking its slowness; then with airy bound Once more within it beamed.

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**Who acts:** dolphin, wind swift, slowness · **What happens:** not die, flee, leave, bristle, rapture, swim · **To what, where:** twixt, dolphin, ship, foot, slowness

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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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dolphin, wind swift, slowness), 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:pg78491:15:268
# text = Who died not, fled and left Yet ampler ’twixt the bristling flanks of war That vacant space; and as the dolphin oft Raptured by gladness of clear summer seas While flames the noon on purple billows, swims All round and round some ship full-sailed, so he Circled on foot at times that car wind-swift Mocking its slowness; then with airy bound Once more within it beamed.
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	Yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ampler	ample	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
10	’	'	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	twixt	twixt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bristling	bristle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	flanks	flank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
18	vacant	vacant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
25	oft	oft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
26	Raptured	rapture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	gladness	gladness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
33	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	_
37	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	billows	billow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
41	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
42	All	all	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	round	round	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	round	round	ADV	RB	_	43	conj	_	_
46	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	47	det	_	_
47	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
48	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	sailed	sail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	so	so	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	Circled	circle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
55	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
57	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	_
59	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	60	det	_	_
60	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod:unmarked	_	_
61	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
64	Mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	63	acl	_	_
65	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	slowness	slowness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	71	punct	_	_
68	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	71	advmod	_	_
69	with	with	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	airy	airy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	bound	bound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
72	Once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	73	advmod	_	_
73	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	71	advmod	_	_
74	within	within	ADP	IN	_	76	mark	_	_
75	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
76	beamed	beam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past |  | twixt |  |  |  | with airy bound; that vacant space *obl*; Who *nsubj*; the bristling flanks of war *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **flee** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ample *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **bristle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location |
| 5 | **rapture** | participle |  | the dolphin *not said here* |  |  |  | by gladness of clear summer seas; while flames | tree rules |
| 6 | **swim** | present |  | some ship |  |  |  | as the dolphin; round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory |
| 7 | **sail** | participle |  | some ship *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **circle** | past | dolphin |  |  | foot | time |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **mock** | gerund | wind swift *not said here* | swift's slowness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slowness=Theme |
| 10 | **beam** | past | slowness |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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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