--- title: And, o’er her heaven-like beauty as he hung, His war-songs tender gr… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And, o’er her heaven-like beauty as he hung, His war-songs tender grew, and sweet of tone: And still they sang, till now through woods loud ringing The men of Erin, east and west, came winging, Who acts: beauty, war songs, like beauty, lovers. 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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 (beauty, war songs, like beauty, lovers), 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:pg78491:4:43 # text = And, o’er her heaven-like beauty as he hung, His war-songs tender grew, and sweet of tone: And still they sang, till now through woods loud ringing The men of Erin, east and west, came winging, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 tender tender VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 till till ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 parataxis _ _ 34 loud loud ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 east east ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 west west ADV RB _ 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 46 winging wing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | beauty | voice's like beauty *not said here* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient | | 2 | **tender** | present | beauty's war songs | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | voice's like beauty | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | lovers *= lover* | | | | still | woods *parataxis* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ring** | gerund | woods *not said here* | the men of Erin | | | | east *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | voice's like beauty *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wing** | gerund | voice's like beauty *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sing** | | beauty | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)