--- title: Circling the walls: up rushed the red flames roaring; And one by one… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Circling the walls: up rushed the red flames roaring; And one by one, the seven great gates fell down; Then rushed from court to court, still onward pouring, Native with alien, man-at-arms with clown: Yet still the assailed fought on from stair to stair, Long time in rage, and later in despair. 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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 (red flames, one, Circling), 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:pg78491:7:22 # text = Circling the walls: up rushed the red flames roaring; And one by one, the seven great gates fell down; Then rushed from court to court, still onward pouring, Native with alien, man-at-arms with clown: Yet still the assailed fought on from stair to stair, Long time in rage, and later in despair. 1 Circling circle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 roaring roar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 down down ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 onward onward ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 alien alien ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 clown clown NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 assailed assail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 51 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 stair stair NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 stair stair NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **circle** | gerund | | the walls | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme | | 2 | **rush** | past | | the red flames | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flame=Trajectory | | 3 | **roar** | gerund | the red flames *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall down** | past | one by one | | | | | the seven great gates *nsubj*; down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush** | past | | | | court | then | to court *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to court=Result | | 6 | **pour** | gerund | | | | arms man with clown | still | with alien; onward *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with alien=Theme | | 7 | **assail** | participle | | | | | still | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fight** | past | Circling | | | stair | | to stair and Long time in rage; late *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)