--- title: She saw the waves engulf the drowning decks; Yet nought could scare… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She saw the waves engulf the drowning decks; Yet nought could scare that eye, or blanch that cheek: Four sons she saw upon their mastless wrecks High driven on Erin’s rocks and headlands bleak From Inver Scena to the house of Donn: She said; ‘The price is paid; the Isle is won!’ Who acts: Scota, wav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/) / 54 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 54 She saw the waves engulf the drowning decks; Yet nought could scare that eye, or blanch that cheek: Four sons she saw upon their mastless wrecks High driven on Erin’s rocks and headlands bleak From Inver Scena to the house of Donn: She said; ‘The price is paid; the Isle is won!’ **Who acts:** Scota, waves, nought, decks · **What happens:** see, engulf, scare, blanch, drive, say · **To what, where:** drowning decks, eye, cheek, Four sons, price, Isle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scota, waves, nought, decks), 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:pg78491:3:54 # text = She saw the waves engulf the drowning decks; Yet nought could scare that eye, or blanch that cheek: Four sons she saw upon their mastless wrecks High driven on Erin’s rocks and headlands bleak From Inver Scena to the house of Donn: She said; ‘The price is paid; the Isle is won!’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 engulf engulf VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 drowning drowning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 decks deck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 blanch blanch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 appos _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mastless mastless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wrecks wreck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 31 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 headlands headland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 bleak bleak NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 From from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Inver Inver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 Scena Scena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Donn Donn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Isle Isle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Scota | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **engulf** | present | the waves | the drowning decks | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deck=Co-Theme | | 3 | **scare** | could | nought | that eye | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | | 4 | **blanch** | infinitive | nought *not said here* | that cheek | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient | | 5 | **see** | past | Scota | Four sons *not said here* | | | | upon decks's mastless wrecks on Erin's High driven rocks and headlands and bleak from Inver to the house of Donn | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 6 | **drive** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Scota | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **pay** | present · passive | | the price | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 9 | **win** | present · passive | | the Isle | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **wreck** | | decks *= deck* | | | Erin's High driven rocks and headlands and bleak from Inver to the house of Donn | | | nom wreck «state transitive»: poss=agent on=place | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)