--- title: And many a night on Etive’s flowery margin She moved, while moonbeam… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And many a night on Etive’s flowery margin She moved, while moonbeams glazed the purple wave, Happiest of wives; light-footed as a virgin; Or at the entrance of some ivied cave Sang note prolonged that ended oft in laughter-- Sweet were the days, pledging some sweet hereafter! 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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 (Deirdré, moonbeams, many, Sweet), 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:pg78491:5:7 # text = And many a night on Etive’s flowery margin She moved, while moonbeams glazed the purple wave, Happiest of wives; light-footed as a virgin; Or at the entrance of some ivied cave Sang note prolonged that ended oft in laughter-- Sweet were the days, pledging some sweet hereafter! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Etive Etive PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 flowery flowery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 margin margin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 moonbeams moonbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 glazed glaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 footed foot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 Or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 37 ivied ivied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 Sang Sang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 41 prolonged prolong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 44 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Sweet Sweet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 pledging pledge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 54 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 55 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 hereafter hereafter NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Deirdré | Etive's flowery margin *not said here* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent margin=Theme | | 2 | **glaze** | past | moonbeams | the purple wave | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wave=Destination | | 3 | **foot** | participle | moonbeams *not said here* | | | | | as a virgin; light *compound* | tree rules | | 4 | **prolong** | past | many a night on Etive's flowery margin | | | | | the entrance of some cave Sang note *nsubj* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **end** | past | many a night on Etive's flowery margin *not said here* | | | | | oft *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | past | Sweet | the days | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pledge** | gerund | many a night on Etive's flowery margin *not said here* | some sweet hereafter | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hereafter=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)