--- title: An hour had fled, and lo! that bridge he paced; Ere long, no child,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: An hour had fled, and lo! that bridge he paced; Ere long, no child, but, sparkling like a flower, The imprisoned maid, nor startled nor shame-faced, Passed by the youth, advancing from her bower With breeze-like step, yet down-dropp’d lids of snow: ‘Ah foot,’ he cried, ‘more light than foot of doe!’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/20/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/) / 20 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 20 An hour had fled, and lo! that bridge he paced; Ere long, no child, but, sparkling like a flower, The imprisoned maid, nor startled nor shame-faced, Passed by the youth, advancing from her bower With breeze-like step, yet down-dropp’d lids of snow: ‘Ah foot,’ he cried, ‘more light than foot of doe!’ **Who acts:** hour, bridge · **What happens:** flee, pace, sparkle, imprison, startle, pass · **To what, where:** ’d lids, bower, more light This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hour, bridge), 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:pg78491:4:20 # text = An hour had fled, and lo! that bridge he paced; Ere long, no child, but, sparkling like a flower, The imprisoned maid, nor startled nor shame-faced, Passed by the youth, advancing from her bower With breeze-like step, yet down-dropp’d lids of snow: ‘Ah foot,’ he cried, ‘more light than foot of doe!’ 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 lo lo INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 paced pace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Ere ere ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 32 startled startle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 34 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 advancing advance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 With with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 down down ADP IN _ 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 dropp dropp NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’d 'd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 lids lid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 : : PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 64 discourse _ _ 64 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 ‘ ‘ CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 71 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 72 amod _ _ 72 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 73 than than ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past · perfect | a hour | ’d lids down dropp of snow | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pace** | past | that bridge | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sparkle** | gerund | | | | | | like a flower and the imprisoned maid | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **imprison** | participle | | | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **startle** | past | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **pass** | participle | | | | | | by the youth | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by youth=Location | | 7 | **advance** | gerund | | | | child's bower with like step | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bower=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | bridge | more light than foot of doe | | | | foot *ccomp* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)