--- title: When dawn Looked coldly forth through mist along the meads Far off h… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: When dawn Looked coldly forth through mist along the meads Far off he kenned a rock: that rock he deemed A second bull: collecting all his might Thereon he hurled his giant bulk, and died. Who acts: dawn, conqueror, rock. 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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 (dawn, conqueror, rock), 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:pg78491:16:11 # text = When dawn Looked coldly forth through mist along the meads Far off he kenned a rock: that rock he deemed A second bull: collecting all his might Thereon he hurled his giant bulk, and died. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 Looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 4 coldly coldly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 along along ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 meads mead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 11 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 12 off off ADP IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kenned ken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 collecting collect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 Thereon thereon ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hurled hurl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 bulk bulk NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | dawn | | | | | along the meads; through mist; forth *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through mist=Theme | | 2 | **ken** | past | conqueror | a rock | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deem** | past | that rock | a second bull | | | | conqueror *nsubj* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bull=Attribute | | 4 | **collect** | gerund | that rock *not said here* | conqueror | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent his=Theme | | 5 | **hurl** | might | conqueror | conqueror's giant bulk | | | | thereon *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulk=Theme | | 6 | **die** | past | conqueror *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/)