--- title: Then far off, as though from depths By thought untraversable of clou… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then far off, as though from depths By thought untraversable of cloudless skies, Such sound was heard as reaches ships at sea When, launched on airy voyage though still remote, Nation of ocean-crossing birds begins To obscure the serene heaven. Who acts: Nation. 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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 (Nation), 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:pg78491:15:74 # text = Then far off, as though from depths By thought untraversable of cloudless skies, Such sound was heard as reaches ships at sea When, launched on airy voyage though still remote, Nation of ocean-crossing birds begins To obscure the serene heaven. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 off off ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 though though ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 By by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 untraversable untraversable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 cloudless cloudless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 22 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 launched launch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 airy airy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 though though ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Nation Nation PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 crossing cross VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 41 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 42 To to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 obscure obscure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 serene serene ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | then | off, untraversable *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | Such sound | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **reach** | present | | ships | | sea | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent ship=Theme at sea=Asset | | 4 | **launch** | participle | Nation of crossing birds *not said here* | | | airy voyage | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on voyage=Destination | | 5 | **cross** | gerund | | | | | | ocean *compound* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | present | Nation of crossing birds | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **obscure** | to-infinitive | Nation of crossing birds *not said here* | the serene heaven | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heaven=Patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)