--- title: Then Barach, as that fated bark drew near, With courteous seeming bu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Barach, as that fated bark drew near, With courteous seeming but a purpose fell Sailed forth to meet it, making goodly cheer With bannered boat and tossing coracle So densely clustered that the billow green Betwixt them scarcely showed its sparkling sheen. Who acts: Barach, billow. 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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 (Barach, billow), 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:pg78491:5:103 # text = Then Barach, as that fated bark drew near, With courteous seeming but a purpose fell Sailed forth to meet it, making goodly cheer With bannered boat and tossing coracle So densely clustered that the billow green Betwixt them scarcely showed its sparkling sheen. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Barach Barach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 fated fated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 near near ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 With with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 seeming seeming NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 Sailed sail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 25 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 With with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 bannered bannered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 tossing toss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 32 coracle coracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 So so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 densely densely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 clustered cluster VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 billow billow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 39 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Betwixt Betwixt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 42 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 sheen sheen NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Barach | | | | | that fated bark *nsubj*; near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sail** | past · passive | | courteous seeming but a purpose | | | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | bark | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | | 4 | **make** | gerund | | goodly cheer | | | | with bannered boat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cheer=Product | | 5 | **toss** | gerund | | coracle | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coracle=Patient | | 6 | **cluster** | past | | | | | | densely *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **show** | past | the billow cheer | billow's sparkling sheen | | | | scarcely *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheen=Recipient | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/104/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)