--- title: But Deirdré stood upon the vessel’s stern, Alone, with eyes on Alba’… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But Deirdré stood upon the vessel’s stern, Alone, with eyes on Alba’s headlands bent, Dreaming the hills she could no more discern, And as they faded thus she made lament, ‘O Land, our home no more, to me and mine Gentle thou wert; therefore my heart is thine! Who acts: Deirdré, hills, heart. 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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, hills, heart), 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:pg78491:5:92 # text = But Deirdré stood upon the vessel’s stern, Alone, with eyes on Alba’s headlands bent, Dreaming the hills she could no more discern, And as they faded thus she made lament, ‘O Land, our home no more, to me and mine Gentle thou wert; therefore my heart is thine! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 stern stern NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 Alba Alba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 headlands headland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 discern discern NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 faded fade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 33 thus thus ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 lament lament NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 O o INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ _ 40 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 44 no no ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 mine mine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 Gentle Gentle ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 50 flat _ _ 52 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nsubj _ _ 53 wert be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Deirdré | | | the vessel's stern | | with eyes on Alba's headlands; alone, bent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon stern=Location | | 2 | **dream** | gerund | Deirdré *not said here* | the hills | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Topic | | 3 | **not** **discern** | could | Deirdré | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fade** | past | hills *= hill* | | | | | thus *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | Deirdré | lament | me | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lament=Product | | 6 | **is a** | present | my heart | thine | | | | | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)