--- title: ‘A dream it was that kept me from thy side: Wakeful all day that dre… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘A dream it was that kept me from thy side: Wakeful all day that dream I saw, and see: I saw great Fergus’ sons beside us ride, Brothers in blood; disjoined in destiny: Illan a bleeding bulk without a head, I saw: yet true he proved when traitors fled. Who acts: dream, day, I, you. 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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 (dream, day, I, you), 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:pg78491:6:30 # text = ‘A dream it was that kept me from thy side: Wakeful all day that dream I saw, and see: I saw great Fergus’ sons beside us ride, Brothers in blood; disjoined in destiny: Illan a bleeding bulk without a head, I saw: yet true he proved when traitors fled. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Wakeful wakeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 dream dream VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 beside beside ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 disjoined disjoin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 bleeding bleeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 bulk bulk NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 46 without without ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 yet yet ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 traitors traitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 59 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | a dream | | me | thy side | | that *nsubj* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary from side=Eventuality | | 2 | **dream** | present | all day | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | Illan | | | | without a head | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **ride** | present | great Fergus's sons beside us | Brothers | | blood | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **disjoin** | participle | you *not said here* | | | destiny | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | past | I | | | | | true *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **prove** | past | bulk | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **flee** | past | traitors | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)