--- title: Meantime to that green island in the lake The years came softly: sof… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime to that green island in the lake The years came softly: softly went they by As like as snowy flake to snowy flake, As like as smile to smile, as sigh to sigh; And as some flower that feeds on beams and dew Its inmate rose in beauty ever new, Who acts: Meantime, horse, sigh, flower. 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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 (Meantime, horse, sigh, flower), 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:pg78491:3:10 # text = Meantime to that green island in the lake The years came softly: softly went they by As like as snowy flake to snowy flake, As like as smile to smile, as sigh to sigh; And as some flower that feeds on beams and dew Its inmate rose in beauty ever new, 1 Meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 softly softly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 softly softly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 As as ADV RB _ 15 obl _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 flake flake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 flake flake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 As as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 30 cc _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 30 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 sigh sigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 dew dew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 inmate inmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 55 advmod _ _ 55 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Meantime to that green island in the lake | | | | | softly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | horse | smile | | snowy flake | | like snowy flake; softly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to flake=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **smile** | to-infinitive | horse *not said here* | sigh | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Topic | | 4 | **sigh** | infinitive | sigh *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **feed** | present | some flower | | | | | on beams | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on beam=Patient | | 6 | **dew** | infinitive | some flower *not said here* | Meantime's inmate | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rise** | past | Meantime to that green island in the lake *not said here* | | | beauty | | as some flower | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in beauty=Location | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)