--- title: The sun was rising; and at set of sun Entered once more her father’s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The sun was rising; and at set of sun Entered once more her father’s palace gate: Seated thereby, his nobles, every one, Arose and welcomed her with loving state: She answered naught, but sternly past them strode And found her girlhood’s bower, and there abode. Who acts: sun, attendants. 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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 (sun, attendants), 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:pg78491:8:78 # text = The sun was rising; and at set of sun Entered once more her father’s palace gate: Seated thereby, his nobles, every one, Arose and welcomed her with loving state: She answered naught, but sternly past them strode And found her girlhood’s bower, and there abode. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 Entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 advmod _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 21 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Arose Arose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 sternly sternly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 past past ADP IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 girlhood girlhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 55 expl _ _ 55 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **enter** | past | the sun *not said here* | | | set of sun | | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seat** | participle | | father's nobles | | | | Arose *obl*; thereby *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 4 | **welcome** | past | | sun | | | | with loving state | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | sun | naught | | | | abode there *parataxis* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality | | 6 | **stride** | past | attendants *= attendant* | | | | | sternly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past | attendants *= attendant* *not said here* | sun's girlhood's bower | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bower=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)