--- title: It was that season when on fields late dreary Thickest at dawn the a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It was that season when on fields late dreary Thickest at dawn the awakened daisy throngeth; When in the dim sweet gloaming, never weary, Latest her song the darkling thrush prolongeth; And pillow-spurning children fret for morn, Fresh flowers, new leaves, and ecstacies re-born. 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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 (bitter, awakened daisy, darkling thrush, spurning children), 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:pg78491:4:93 # text = It was that season when on fields late dreary Thickest at dawn the awakened daisy throngeth; When in the dim sweet gloaming, never weary, Latest her song the darkling thrush prolongeth; And pillow-spurning children fret for morn, Fresh flowers, new leaves, and ecstacies re-born. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 8 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dreary dreary NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 Thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 daisy daisy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 throngeth throng VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 gloaming gloaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 Latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 darkling darkl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 thrush thrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 prolongeth prolong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 spurning spurn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 fret fret VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 Fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 ecstacies ecstacy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 compound _ _ 53 re-born re-born NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | bitter | season and the dim sweet gloaming and daisy's Latest song | | | | the dim sweet gloaming and daisy's Latest song *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **awaken** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **throng** | present | the awakened daisy | dawn *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **darkl** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **prolong** | present | the darkling thrush | daisy's Latest song *not said here* | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent song=Theme | | 6 | **spurn** | gerund | | | | | | pillow *compound* | tree rules | | 7 | **fret** | present | spurning children | ecstacies re-born | | | | for morn | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **sing** | | daisy | | | | | | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)