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title: And when the stony storm blackened the heaven, And gate rolled in, a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the stony storm blackened the heaven, And gate rolled in, and casement burst and brake, And all that House was as a ship rock-riven, In midnight storm, they sat, and never spake; For two contrarient thoughts their minds had cleft-- Astonied men of manhood’s might bereft. Who acts: stony sto
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 85

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And when the stony storm blackened the heaven, And gate rolled in, and casement burst and brake, And all that House was as a ship rock-riven, In midnight storm, they sat, and never spake; For two contrarient thoughts their minds had cleft-- Astonied men of manhood’s might bereft.

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**Who acts:** stony storm, House, riven, minds · **What happens:** blacken, roll in, be, sit, not speak, have · **To what, where:** heaven, gate, cleft · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (stony storm, House, riven, minds), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:6:86
# text = And when the stony storm blackened the heaven, And gate rolled in, and casement burst and brake, And all that House was as a ship rock-riven, In midnight storm, they sat, and never spake; For two contrarient thoughts their minds had cleft-- Astonied men of manhood’s might bereft.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stony	stony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blackened	blacken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	casement	casement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
21	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
23	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
26	as	as	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
28	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	riven	riven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	In	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
42	spake	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
44	For	for	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
46	contrarient	contrarient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
50	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
51	cleft	cleft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	Astonied	astony	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	amod	_	_
54	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	manhood	manhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	’s	's	PART	POS	_	56	case	_	_
58	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	bereft	bereft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blacken** | past | the stony storm | the heaven |  |  |  | gate *obl*; casement burst and brake *parataxis* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heaven=Patient |
| 2 | **roll in** | participle |  | gate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | that House |  |  |  |  | as a rock riven and midnight storm; midnight storm *conj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **sit** | past | riven |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | riven *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **have** | past | riven's minds | cleft |  |  |  | for two contrarient thoughts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleft=Patient |
| 7 | **astony** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **mind** |  | riven |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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