--- title: She stood: she pressed her hands upon her eyes: From the wan brows t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She stood: she pressed her hands upon her eyes: From the wan brows the horror-stricken hair Bickering like meteors rose, or seemed to rise; She towered aloft a prophetess; till, near, The step well known of Fergus smote their ear. Who acts: Love, horror stricken hair, meteors, step. 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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 (Love, horror stricken hair, meteors, step), 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:pg78491:5:76 # text = She stood: she pressed her hands upon her eyes: From the wan brows the horror-stricken hair Bickering like meteors rose, or seemed to rise; She towered aloft a prophetess; till, near, The step well known of Fergus smote their ear. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 From from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wan wan NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 brows brow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 Bickering bicker VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 like like SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 meteors meteor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 towered tower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prophetess prophetess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 near near ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Love | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **press** | past | Love | Love's hands | | | | upon Love's eyes | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **brow** | present | | the horror stricken hair | | the wan | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bicker** | gerund | the horror stricken hair *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rise** | past | meteors | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seem** | past | meteors *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **rise** | to-infinitive | meteors *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tower** | past | Love | | | | | aloft *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **know** | participle | | the step *not said here* | | | | of Fergus; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fergus=Stimulus | | 10 | **smite** | past | the step | till | | | | meteors's ear *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)