--- title: More high when seen through mist: to watch it quivering; From rock t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: More high when seen through mist: to watch it quivering; From rock to cloud to track the eagle’s flight; And then, close by, on spray shining and shivering, To mark the tender-footed bird alight, Or flower down-bending ’neath the silenced bee, Or gleam from rill remote on-winding noiselessly! 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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 (mist, rill remote), 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:pg78491:5:3 # text = More high when seen through mist: to watch it quivering; From rock to cloud to track the eagle’s flight; And then, close by, on spray shining and shivering, To mark the tender-footed bird alight, Or flower down-bending ’neath the silenced bee, Or gleam from rill remote on-winding noiselessly! 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 quivering quiver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 From from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 track track VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 spray spray NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 shivering shiver VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 To to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 mark mark VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 footed footed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 43 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 Or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 flower flower VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 50 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 neath neath ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 silenced silence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 Or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 rill rill NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 remote remote NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 on on SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 winding wind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 acl _ _ 64 noiselessly noiselessly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | participle · passive | | More | | mist | | rock and cloud *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | mist | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **quiver** | gerund | mist *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **track** | to-infinitive | | the eagle's flight | | | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shiver** | gerund | | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **mark** | to-infinitive | | the footed bird | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 8 | **flower** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bend** | gerund | | the silenced bee | | | | down *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bee=Material | | 10 | **silence** | participle | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **wind** | gerund | rill remote *not said here* | | | | | noiselessly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)