--- title: Fast-speeding Time, albeit the wounded wing He may not bind, brings… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Fast-speeding Time, albeit the wounded wing He may not bind, brings us at least the crutch;-- Winter was over, and the on-flying Spring Grazed the sad monarch’s brow with heavenly touch, And raised the head, now whitening, from the ground, And stanched, not healed, the heart’s eternal wound. 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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 (homeward, speeding Time, Winter, flying Spring), 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:pg78491:8:33 # text = Fast-speeding Time, albeit the wounded wing He may not bind, brings us at least the crutch;-- Winter was over, and the on-flying Spring Grazed the sad monarch’s brow with heavenly touch, And raised the head, now whitening, from the ground, And stanched, not healed, the heart’s eternal wound. 1 Fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 speeding speeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 albeit albeit ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 10 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 nmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 crutch crutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 over over ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 Grazed graze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 whitening whiten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 And and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 stanched stanch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 eternal eternal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bind** | may | homeward | the wounded wing *not said here* | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **bring** | present | speeding Time | | us | | | the crutch at least *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | Winter | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **graze** | past | the flying Spring | the sad monarch's brow | | | | with heavenly touch | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent brow=Experiencer with touch=Instrument | | 6 | **raise** | past | | the head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 7 | **whiten** | gerund | | | | the ground | now | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **stanch** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **heal** | participle | | | | | | the heart's eternal wound *conj* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **wound** | | the heart | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)