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title: She spake, and smote her hands; and at her word Once more the attend… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: She spake, and smote her hands; and at her word Once more the attendants caught the royal steeds Grazing in peace beside the hornèd herd Amid the meadow flowers, and yellow weeds: And fiercely through the night that dark one drave, And reached Lough Derg what time above its wave Who acts: attendants
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 77

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She spake, and smote her hands; and at her word Once more the attendants caught the royal steeds Grazing in peace beside the hornèd herd Amid the meadow flowers, and yellow weeds: And fiercely through the night that dark one drave, And reached Lough Derg what time above its wave

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**Who acts:** attendants, royal steeds, that, voice, weed · **What happens:** smite, catch, graze, reach, word, wave · **To what, where:** She spake, royal steeds, word, peace, Lough

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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 (attendants, royal steeds, that, voice), 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:pg78491:8:77
# text = She spake, and smote her hands; and at her word Once more the attendants caught the royal steeds Grazing in peace beside the hornèd herd Amid the meadow flowers, and yellow weeds: And fiercely through the night that dark one drave, And reached Lough Derg what time above its wave
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	compound	_	_
2	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
13	Once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	advmod	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	steeds	steed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
21	Grazing	graze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	hornèd	hornèd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	Amid	amid	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
39	through	through	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	acl	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj	_	_
43	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	drave	drave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
49	Lough	Lough	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
50	Derg	Derg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	flat	_	_
51	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	52	det	_	_
52	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	_
53	above	above	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | past |  | She spake |  |  |  | voice's hands *obj*; yellow weeds through the night *conj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hand=Experiencer |
| 2 | **catch** | past | the attendants | the royal steeds |  | voice's word |  | once *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent steed=Theme at word=Asset |
| 3 | **graze** | gerund | the royal steeds *not said here* |  |  | peace |  | beside the hornèd herd amid the meadow flowers | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reach** | past | that | Lough |  |  |  | dark one drave *nsubj* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent lough=Theme |
| 5 | **word** |  | voice |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **wave** |  | weed |  |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: 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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