--- title: Meanwhile along the loftier cloister floors As though with fettered… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile along the loftier cloister floors As though with fettered feet moved knight with knight, Or, idiot-like, stood peering by the doors, Divided purpose making null their might; Or stood in groups, and watched where, undismayed, That haughty pair at chess in silence played. Who acts: fettered --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/23/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/) / 23 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 23 Meanwhile along the loftier cloister floors As though with fettered feet moved knight with knight, Or, idiot-like, stood peering by the doors, Divided purpose making null their might; Or stood in groups, and watched where, undismayed, That haughty pair at chess in silence played. **Who acts:** fettered feet, idiot, Divided purpose, haughty pair · **What happens:** fetter, move, stand, peer, divide, make · **To what, where:** knight, Divided purpose, groups, silence This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fettered feet, idiot, Divided purpose, haughty pair), 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:pg78491:7:23 # text = Meanwhile along the loftier cloister floors As though with fettered feet moved knight with knight, Or, idiot-like, stood peering by the doors, Divided purpose making null their might; Or stood in groups, and watched where, undismayed, That haughty pair at chess in silence played. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 2 along along ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 loftier lofty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 5 cloister cloister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 floors floor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 As as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 though though ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 fettered fetter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 Or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 like like INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 peering peer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 Divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 null null VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 undismayed undismayed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 54 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetter** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **move** | past | fettered feet | knight | | | | with knight; meanwhile, though *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme knight=Result | | 3 | **stand** | past | idiot | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **peer** | gerund | idiot *not said here* | Divided purpose | | | | by the doors | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by door=Theme | | 5 | **divide** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **make** | gerund | Divided purpose *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **null** | infinitive | Divided purpose *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stand** | past | fettered feet *not said here* | | | groups | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in group=Location | | 9 | **watch** | past | fettered feet *not said here* | | | | | undismayed *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **play** | past | that haughty pair at chess *not said here* | | | silence | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)