--- title: Yet clomb he darkling, to that casement high; And Deirdré turned her… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet clomb he darkling, to that casement high; And Deirdré turned her face:--in awe and fear Of that great splendour o’er it shed, the spy Slid from his place, and, racing like a deer, To Conor cried; ‘As shines in heaven the sun, So she on earth: and like her there is none!’ Who acts: clomb, face, C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/76/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/) / 76 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 76 Yet clomb he darkling, to that casement high; And Deirdré turned her face:--in awe and fear Of that great splendour o’er it shed, the spy Slid from his place, and, racing like a deer, To Conor cried; ‘As shines in heaven the sun, So she on earth: and like her there is none!’ **Who acts:** clomb, face, Conor · **What happens:** darkl, turn, shed, race, cry, fear · **To what, where:** casement, face, awe, great splendour o’er, shines, heaven This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (clomb, face, Conor), 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:pg78491:6:77 # text = Yet clomb he darkling, to that casement high; And Deirdré turned her face:--in awe and fear Of that great splendour o’er it shed, the spy Slid from his place, and, racing like a deer, To Conor cried; ‘As shines in heaven the sun, So she on earth: and like her there is none!’ 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 darkling darkl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 casement casement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 awe awe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 Of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 32 Slid Slid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 racing race VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 To to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 As as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 shines shine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 56 So so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 like like SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 65 expl _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 66 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ! ! PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **darkl** | gerund | clomb | that casement | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | past | clomb | Trendorn's face | | awe and fear of great splendour o’er that and the spy | | from Deirdré's place; Deirdré *nsubj*; Conor *nsubj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in awe=Source from place=Trajectory | | 3 | **shed** | past | face | great splendour o’er that *not said here* | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location o'er=Source | | 4 | **race** | gerund | clomb *not said here* | | | | | like a deer | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Conor | shines the sun | | heaven | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shine=Topic | | 6 | **fear** | | | great splendour o’er that | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg78491/6/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)