--- title: Their ‘songs in the night season,’ the swan-song of a long dying, wa… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Their ‘songs in the night season,’ the swan-song of a long dying, wafted over unstable waters for the solace of the strong ones dwelling on the land, imply that the martial bards of old knew in part the higher and serener function of poetry. Who acts: swan song, songs, strong ones, martial bards. 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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 (swan song, songs, strong ones, martial bards), 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:pg78491:2:5 # text = Their ‘songs in the night season,’ the swan-song of a long dying, wafted over unstable waters for the solace of the strong ones dwelling on the land, imply that the martial bards of old knew in part the higher and serener function of poetry. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 wafted waft VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 unstable unstable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 solace solace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 dwelling dwell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 imply imply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 martial martial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 46 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 serener serene ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 conj _ _ 49 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | gerund | the swan song *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **waft** | past | sufferers's songs in the night season ' the swan song | | | unstable waters | | for the solace of the strong ones | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location | | 3 | **dwell** | gerund | the strong ones *not said here* | | | the land | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location | | 4 | **imply** | infinitive | sufferers's songs in the night season ' the swan song *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **know** | past | the martial bards of old | the higher function of poetry | | part | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer function=Stimulus | | 6 | **sing** | | sufferers *= sufferer* | | | | in the night season | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent in=obl | | 7 | **solace** | | | the strong ones | | | | | nom solace «feeling transitive»: of=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)