--- title: But when an hour had passed, and somewhat more, The feasters heard f… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when an hour had passed, and somewhat more, The feasters heard far off a dulcet strain, And soon to them there entered damsels four; With measured step advanced they twain by twain, Bearing a cradle. Who acts: hour, more. 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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 (hour, more), 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:pg78491:2:84 # text = But when an hour had passed, and somewhat more, The feasters heard far off a dulcet strain, And soon to them there entered damsels four; With measured step advanced they twain by twain, Bearing a cradle. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 feasters feaster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 dulcet dulcet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 damsels damsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 With with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect | a hour | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | more | | | | | off a dulcet strain; the feasters *nsubj*; far *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **enter** | past | more *not said here* | damsels | feasters *= feaster* | there | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme damsel=Destination | | 4 | **measure** | participle | | | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **advance** | past | a hour *not said here* | damsels *= damsel* | | | | with measured step; by twain | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal twain=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | gerund | a hour *not said here* | a cradle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cradle=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)