--- title: Straightway to snow-white swans those children turned: And, sideway… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Straightway to snow-white swans those children turned: And, sideway as they swerved the creatures four Fixed on her looks with human grief that yearned; Then slowly drifted backward from the shore; While loud with voice unchanged, Finola cried, ‘Bad deed is thine, false queen and bitter bride! 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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 (Straightway, looks, human grief, Finola), 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:pg78491:8:67 # text = Straightway to snow-white swans those children turned: And, sideway as they swerved the creatures four Fixed on her looks with human grief that yearned; Then slowly drifted backward from the shore; While loud with voice unchanged, Finola cried, ‘Bad deed is thine, false queen and bitter bride! 1 Straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 7 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 sideway sideway NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 swerved swerve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 appos _ _ 20 Fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 looks look NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 yearned yearn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 drifted drift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 backward backward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 While while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 unchanged unchanged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 Finola Finola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 51 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Straightway to snow white swans | sideway | | | | that children *nsubj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **swerve** | past | looks *= look* | the creatures | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location creature=Theme | | 3 | **fix** | participle | | | | child's looks with human grief | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **yearn** | past | human grief | | | | | | vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **drift** | past | Straightway to snow white swans *not said here* | | | the shore | then | backward, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from shore=Trajectory | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Finola | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | Bad deed | thine false queen and bitter bride | | | | thine *nmod:poss*; bitter bride *conj* | tree rules | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)