--- title: And how at Tara, while the nobles sate Gracing his feast, that queen… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And how at Tara, while the nobles sate Gracing his feast, that queen sent forth a cry: And how the Fairy-King through guards and gate Passed swiftly, mailed in dew-like jewelry, And like a whirlwind bore in sight of all, The Fairy Princess to her father’s hall! Who acts: nobles, queen. 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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 (nobles, queen), 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:pg78491:3:61 # text = And how at Tara, while the nobles sate Gracing his feast, that queen sent forth a cry: And how the Fairy-King through guards and gate Passed swiftly, mailed in dew-like jewelry, And like a whirlwind bore in sight of all, The Fairy Princess to her father’s hall! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sate sate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 Gracing grace VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 Passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 32 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 mailed mail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 jewelry jewelry NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whirlwind whirlwind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 bore bore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sate** | past | the nobles | Tara *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grace** | gerund | the nobles *not said here* | Tara's feast | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Destination | | 3 | **send** | participle | that queen *not said here* | a cry | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | participle | | guards and gate *not said here* | | | | like a whirlwind bore in sight of all and the Fairy Princess to Fairy's father's hall; swiftly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mail** | participle | | | | like jewelry | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)