--- title: And, if they slept not, from their balmy nest With under-sliding arm… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And, if they slept not, from their balmy nest With under-sliding arms he raised them high, And clasped them each, successive, to his breast, Or on them flashed the first light from the sky: Then laid him by his mute, sleep-feigning bride, And slept once more: and oft in sleep he sighed. 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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 (Meantime, Was, mute), 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:pg78491:8:52 # text = And, if they slept not, from their balmy nest With under-sliding arms he raised them high, And clasped them each, successive, to his breast, Or on them flashed the first light from the sky: Then laid him by his mute, sleep-feigning bride, And slept once more: and oft in sleep he sighed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 balmy balmy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 With with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 sliding slide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 successive successive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 Or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 36 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 amod _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 mute mute NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 feigning feign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 58 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 59 advmod _ _ 59 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | past | Meantime | | | Meantime's balmy nest with sliding arms | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **slide** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **raise** | past | Was | Meantime | | | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **clasp** | past | | Meantime | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent they=Patient each=Result | | 5 | **flash** | past | | the first light | | the sky | | on Meantime | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | past | | Was | | | then | by Was's mute | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by mute=Destination | | 7 | **feign** | gerund | Was's mute *not said here* | bride | | | | sleep *compound* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient | | 8 | **sleep** | past | Meantime *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sigh** | past | Was | sleep *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Topic | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)