--- title: Thenceforth around the Red-Branch Mansion higher The madness of the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Thenceforth around the Red-Branch Mansion higher The madness of the people surged, and roar As though of tempest when great woods catch fire, Or winter waves raking some northern shore; And on the portals seven they dashed; and lo! Who acts: higher madness, great woods, winter waves, people. 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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 (higher madness, great woods, winter waves, people), 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:pg78491:6:95 # text = Thenceforth around the Red-Branch Mansion higher The madness of the people surged, and roar As though of tempest when great woods catch fire, Or winter waves raking some northern shore; And on the portals seven they dashed; and lo! 1 Thenceforth thenceforth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Branch Branch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Mansion mansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 surged surge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 roar roar VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 As as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 Or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 parataxis _ _ 31 raking rake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 33 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 portals portal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 flat _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 lo lo INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surge** | past | the higher madness | | | | | the people *nsubj*; winter waves *parataxis* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **roar** | present | the higher madness *not said here* | tempest | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **catch** | present | great woods | fire | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 4 | **rake** | gerund | winter waves *not said here* | some northern shore | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent shore=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **dash** | past | people | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)