--- title: Then, dawn by dawn, ere yet the low-tongued wind From unreluctant bu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then, dawn by dawn, ere yet the low-tongued wind From unreluctant buds their sweets was wooing, While earliest shafts through ragged fissures blind Of cloud forth flashed, the flying night pursuing, Those brothers and that sister clomb the crag And blew the horn, and roused the antlered stag. 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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 (dawn, cloud, flying night, sister clomb), 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:pg78491:4:96 # text = Then, dawn by dawn, ere yet the low-tongued wind From unreluctant buds their sweets was wooing, While earliest shafts through ragged fissures blind Of cloud forth flashed, the flying night pursuing, Those brothers and that sister clomb the crag And blew the horn, and roused the antlered stag. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ere ere NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tongued tongued ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 From from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 unreluctant unreluctant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 wooing woo VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 While while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 shafts shaft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fissures fissure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 29 Of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 forth forth ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 37 pursuing pursue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 crag crag NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 roused rouse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 antlered antlered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **woo** | past · progressive | dawn by dawn and ere yet the tongued wind from unreluctant buds and buds's sweets | earliest shafts and the flying night and that brothers and the crag | | ragged fissures | then | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaft=Patient | | 2 | **flash** | past | cloud *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pursue** | gerund | the flying night *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **crag** | | that sister clomb | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **blow** | past | | the horn | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 7 | **rouse** | past | | the antlered stag | | | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Patient | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/94/) - next →: [Opening, part 5, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)