--- title: Straightway from that broad water’s central stream Was heard a clang… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Straightway from that broad water’s central stream Was heard a clang of pinions and swift feet-- Unchanged at heart those babes had caught that gleam; Instant from far had rushed, their sire to greet Spangling the flood with silver spray; and ere That sire had reached the margin they were there. 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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 (babes), 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:pg78491:9:1 # text = Straightway from that broad water’s central stream Was heard a clang of pinions and swift feet-- Unchanged at heart those babes had caught that gleam; Instant from far had rushed, their sire to greet Spangling the flood with silver spray; and ere That sire had reached the margin they were there. 1 Straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 9 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 clang clang NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 pinions pinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 swift swift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Unchanged unchanged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 30 from from SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 Spangling spangle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 spray spray NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 48 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 ccomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 margin margin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · passive | | Straightway from that broad water's central stream | | | | a clang of pinions *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **swift** | present | | feet | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | that babes | | | | that gleam *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary gleam=Theme | | 4 | **rush** | past · perfect | | babes's sire | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | | babes's sire *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **spangle** | gerund | | the flood | | | | with silver spray | tree rules | | 7 | **ere** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **reach** | past · perfect · passive | | that sire | | | | the margin *obj* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary margin=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | babes *= babe* | the margin *not said here* | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **clang** | | | pinions | | | | | nom clang «event transitive»: of=patient | 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: [Opening, part 8, 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/82/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)