--- title: ‘Now ride we on!’ they rode for many an hour, Till, through an oak-g… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now ride we on!’ they rode for many an hour, Till, through an oak-glade in that glimmering wood, They saw Emania, veiled in cloud and shower: Above the edge of that black cloud there stood A moon nigh setting in a sanguine shroud; And many thunders heard they, far, not loud. 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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 (traitors, edge, many thunders), 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:pg78491:6:33 # text = ‘Now ride we on!’ they rode for many an hour, Till, through an oak-glade in that glimmering wood, They saw Emania, veiled in cloud and shower: Above the edge of that black cloud there stood A moon nigh setting in a sanguine shroud; And many thunders heard they, far, not loud. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Till Till PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 glade glade NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 glimmering glimmer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 Emania Emania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 veiled veil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 Above above ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 45 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 49 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 sanguine sanguine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 shroud shroud NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 thunders thunder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride on** | present | | | | | now | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ride** | past | traitors *= traitor* | | | a oak glade in that glimmering wood | hour | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through glade=Trajectory | | 3 | **glimmer** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | traitors *= traitor* | Emania | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emania=Stimulus | | 5 | **veil** | past | traitors *= traitor* *not said here* | | | | | in cloud and shower | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cloud=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | the edge of that black cloud | a moon | | | | nigh *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus | | 7 | **set** | gerund | the edge of that black cloud *not said here* | | | a sanguine shroud | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shroud=Destination | | 8 | **hear** | past | many thunders | traitors *= traitor* | | | | far *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)