--- title: Yet, sirs, these wearied eyes Rolled many a day around from East to… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet, sirs, these wearied eyes Rolled many a day around from East to West Still seeking war, and found it not: they saw Six hundred men successive by the hand Of one man slain, Cuchullain; saw the torch Hurl the red smoke-cloud o’er a thousand homes: They saw a war-dance circle Uladh’s coasts; They s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/36/) [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/) / 36 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 36 Yet, sirs, these wearied eyes Rolled many a day around from East to West Still seeking war, and found it not: they saw Six hundred men successive by the hand Of one man slain, Cuchullain; saw the torch Hurl the red smoke-cloud o’er a thousand homes: They saw a war-dance circle Uladh’s coasts; They saw the ravished flock, and ravished herd, The captive throng lance-goaded on its way, Swine-herd and shepherd, hoary head, and maid Beaming and basking in the healthful glow Of youthful beauty. **Who acts:** sirs, youthful beauty · **What happens:** weary, roll, seek, not find, see, ravish · **To what, where:** many, West, East, war, remote, torch 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 (sirs, youthful beauty), 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:pg78491:15:38 # text = Yet, sirs, these wearied eyes Rolled many a day around from East to West Still seeking war, and found it not: they saw Six hundred men successive by the hand Of one man slain, Cuchullain; saw the torch Hurl the red smoke-cloud o’er a thousand homes: They saw a war-dance circle Uladh’s coasts; They saw the ravished flock, and ravished herd, The captive throng lance-goaded on its way, Swine-herd and shepherd, hoary head, and maid Beaming and basking in the healthful glow Of youthful beauty. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sirs sir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 Rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 around around ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 Still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 19 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 compound _ _ 29 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 successive successive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 Of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 Hurl Hurl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 47 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 48 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 59 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ _ 63 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 65 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 67 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 ravished ravish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 amod _ _ 71 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 ravished ravish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 75 amod _ _ 75 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 78 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 79 throng throng NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 81 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 goaded goad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 acl _ _ 83 on on ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 85 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 87 Swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 88 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 appos _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 91 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 93 hoary hoary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 94 amod _ _ 94 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 96 and and CCONJ CC _ 98 cc _ _ 97 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 98 compound _ _ 98 Beaming beaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 conj _ _ 99 and and CCONJ CC _ 100 cc _ _ 100 basking bask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 98 conj _ _ 101 in in ADP IN _ 104 case _ _ 102 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 104 det _ _ 103 healthful healthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 104 amod _ _ 104 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 100 obl _ _ 105 Of of ADP IN _ 107 case _ _ 106 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 107 amod _ _ 107 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 104 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 108 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weary** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **roll** | past | sirs and this wearied eyes | many | West | East | day | around *property* | vn slide-11.2-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent many=Theme from east=Initial\_Location to west=Destination | | 3 | **seek** | gerund | sirs and this wearied eyes *not said here* | war | | | still | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Theme | | 4 | **not** **find** | past | | remote | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **see** | past | Sirs *= sir* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** | past | sirs and this wearied eyes *not said here* | the torch | | | | the red cloud o’er thousand homes *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | Sirs *= sir* | a dance circle's coasts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coast=Stimulus | | 8 | **see** | past | Sirs *= sir* | the ravished flock | | | | ravished herd *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **ravish** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **ravish** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **goad** | participle | | the captive throng lance *not said here* | | lance's way and maid Beaming | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **bask** | gerund | | | | the healthful glow of youthful beauty | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **glow** | | youthful beauty | | | | | | nom glow «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)