--- title: And, lest the sun should dazzle Deirdré’s eyes, Westward that morn t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And, lest the sun should dazzle Deirdré’s eyes, Westward that morn their pilgrimage began: First, under standards bright with myriad dyes, A hundred Usnach warriors led the van: Maids next: then clansmen, holding, each, a hound That strained against the leash with bark and bound. 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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 (sun, eyes, pilgrimage, standards), 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:pg78491:4:80 # text = And, lest the sun should dazzle Deirdré’s eyes, Westward that morn their pilgrimage began: First, under standards bright with myriad dyes, A hundred Usnach warriors led the van: Maids next: then clansmen, holding, each, a hound That strained against the leash with bark and bound. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 dazzle dazzle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 8 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Westward westward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 morn morn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 standards standard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 23 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 myriad myriad NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 dyes dye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 30 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 32 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 van van NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Maids Maid PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 appos _ _ 37 next next ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 clansmen clansman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 49 strained strain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 against against ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 leash leash NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dazzle** | should | the sun | Deirdré's eyes | | | | first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | | 2 | **morn** | present | Deirdré's eyes | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | brothers's pilgrimage | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **lead** | past | standards | the van | | | | clansmen and each hound *obl* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent van=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | gerund | clansmen and each hound *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **strain** | past | each hound | each hound *not said here* | | | | against the leash with bark and bound | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hound=Source | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)