--- title: In stately throng The knights received them: yet on brows of each De… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: In stately throng The knights received them: yet on brows of each Devoid of guile, a dubious sadness clung: Not less the seats were set; the tables spread: Nor ceased that revel till the day was sped. Who acts: knights, tables, Nor. 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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 (knights, tables, Nor), 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:pg78491:6:49 # text = In stately throng The knights received them: yet on brows of each Devoid of guile, a dubious sadness clung: Not less the seats were set; the tables spread: Nor ceased that revel till the day was sped. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 stately stately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 throng throng VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 Devoid Devoid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 guile guile NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dubious dubious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 21 clung cling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 revel revel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 till till SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 sped speed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throng** | imperative | | brows each Devoid of guile | | | | stately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past | the knights | mead | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **cling** | participle | | a dubious sadness *not said here* | | | | | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | | the seats | | | | less *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 5 | **spread** | past | the tables | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cease** | past | Nor | that revel | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector revel=Eventuality | | 7 | **speed** | past · passive | | the day | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)