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title: Outside that casement rang a piercing wail; Then, past it slow, a dr… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Outside that casement rang a piercing wail; Then, past it slow, a dread and shrouded Form On demon wings was seen of all to sail: Shriek after shriek out-swelled into a storm: And o’er that flower new-born of infancy All heard the Banshee’s death-denouncing cry. Who acts: o’er, Banshee. A sentence o
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 85

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Outside that casement rang a piercing wail; Then, past it slow, a dread and shrouded Form On demon wings was seen of all to sail: Shriek after shriek out-swelled into a storm: And o’er that flower new-born of infancy All heard the Banshee’s death-denouncing cry.

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**Who acts:** o’er, Banshee · **What happens:** ring, shroud, see, sail, shriek, swell · **To what, where:** piercing wail, Form, demon wings, storm, denouncing cry

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This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (o’er, Banshee), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:2:90
# text = Outside that casement rang a piercing wail; Then, past it slow, a dread and shrouded Form On demon wings was seen of all to sail: Shriek after shriek out-swelled into a storm: And o’er that flower new-born of infancy All heard the Banshee’s death-denouncing cry.
1	Outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	casement	casement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	piercing	piercing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wail	wail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dread	dread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	shrouded	shroud	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	Form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	On	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	obl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Shriek	shriek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
31	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	shriek	shriek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	out	out	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	swelled	swell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	xcomp	_	_
36	into	into	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
40	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	o’er	o'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj	_	_
43	flower	flower	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
44	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	xcomp	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	infancy	infancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
49	All	all	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Banshee	Banshee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	’s	's	PART	POS	_	52	case	_	_
54	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	denouncing	denounce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	57	amod	_	_
57	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past |  | a piercing wail |  |  |  | outside that casement; o’er *parataxis* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wail=Theme |
| 2 | **shroud** | past |  | Form |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | past · passive |  |  |  | demon wings |  | of all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
| 4 | **sail** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **shriek** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **shriek** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **swell** | participle |  |  |  | a storm |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 8 | **flower** | present | o’er |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **bear** | participle | o’er *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of infancy | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **hear** | past | o’er *not said here* | the Banshee's denouncing cry |  |  |  | all *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus |
| 11 | **denounce** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | death *compound* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **cry** |  | the Banshee |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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