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title: Their mother’s bridal-veil: and still as dawn Was in its glittering… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Their mother’s bridal-veil: and still as dawn Was in its glittering tissue caged and caught He left his couch, and, that light veil withdrawn, Before his children stood in silent thought; And, if they slept, he kissed them in their sleep, Then watched them with clasped hands in musings deep. Who act
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 51

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Their mother’s bridal-veil: and still as dawn Was in its glittering tissue caged and caught He left his couch, and, that light veil withdrawn, Before his children stood in silent thought; And, if they slept, he kissed them in their sleep, Then watched them with clasped hands in musings deep.

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**Who acts:** Was, children, Meantime · **What happens:** cage, catch, leave, withdraw, stand, sleep · **To what, where:** light veil, couch, silent thought, Meantime, sleep, bridal veil

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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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Was, children, Meantime), 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:pg78491:8:51
# text = Their mother’s bridal-veil: and still as dawn Was in its glittering tissue caged and caught He left his couch, and, that light veil withdrawn, Before his children stood in silent thought; And, if they slept, he kissed them in their sleep, Then watched them with clasped hands in musings deep.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
12	Was	Was	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	glittering	glittering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	tissue	tissue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	caged	cage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
28	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
30	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
35	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
40	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
42	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
48	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	54	advmod	_	_
54	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	conj	_	_
55	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	clasped	clasp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	amod	_	_
58	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	musings	musing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obl	_	_
61	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cage** | past | Was in veil's glittering tissue | that light veil |  |  | still; dawn |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent veil=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | past | Was in veil's glittering tissue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | past | Was | Was's couch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couch=Theme |
| 4 | **withdraw** | participle |  | that light veil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **stand** | past | Was's children |  |  | silent thought |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in thought=Location |
| 6 | **sleep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Meantime |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **kiss** | past | Was | Meantime |  | Meantime's sleep |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **watch** | past | Was *not said here* | Meantime |  |  | then | with clasped hands | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 9 | **clasp** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 11 | **sleep** |  | Meantime |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: 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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