--- title: Once too she marked two mated eagles flying Far from their cliff, he… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Once too she marked two mated eagles flying Far from their cliff, her little lake above, Sunward in strength, and clapped her hands loud crying, ‘On, wedded Spirits, on! for this is Love! Who acts: Unconscious, two mated eagles. 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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 (Unconscious, two mated eagles), 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:pg78491:4:12 # text = Once too she marked two mated eagles flying Far from their cliff, her little lake above, Sunward in strength, and clapped her hands loud crying, ‘On, wedded Spirits, on! for this is Love! 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 2 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 marked mark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 mated mate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 above above ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Sunward Sunward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 loud loud ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 On on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 wedded wed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 on on X FW Foreign=Yes 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 Love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | past | Unconscious | two mated eagles | | | | Sunward in strength *obl*; once *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme | | 2 | **mate** | participle | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fly** | gerund | two mated eagles *not said here* | | | eagles's cliff and Unconscious's little lake | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cliff=Trajectory | | 4 | **clap** | past | Unconscious *not said here* | Unconscious's hands | | | | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Unconscious *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wed** | past | Unconscious *not said here* | Spirits | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | for this Love | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)