--- title: Thus in her song honouring the land she loved Sad Deirdré stood whil… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus in her song honouring the land she loved Sad Deirdré stood while back the waters hoar Streamed from the ship; and singing never moved: From her chilled lip the wind its music bore, Till plainly Erin’s cliffs at last shone forth, And Barach’s castle facing to the North. 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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 (song, healing, castle), 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:pg78491:5:102 # text = Thus in her song honouring the land she loved Sad Deirdré stood while back the waters hoar Streamed from the ship; and singing never moved: From her chilled lip the wind its music bore, Till plainly Erin’s cliffs at last shone forth, And Barach’s castle facing to the North. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 honouring honour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 Sad Sad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 12 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 compound _ _ 17 hoar hoar NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 Streamed stream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 From from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 chilled chill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 lip lip NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 bore bore NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 Till till ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 43 at at SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 46 forth forth ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 Barach Barach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **honour** | gerund | healing's song *not said here* | the land | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | past | healing | Sad | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sad=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | past | | the waters hoar | | healing's song | | healing's chilled lip the wind *parataxis*; thus *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hoar=Theme in song=Destination | | 4 | **stream** | participle | | the waters hoar *not said here* | | the ship | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from ship=Source | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **move** | past | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **chill** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **shine** | participle | | Erin cliffs *not said here* | | | | forth *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **face** | gerund | Barach's castle | | | | | to the North | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sing** | | healing | | | | | | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)