--- title: He spake, and lifted high his Druid Wand:-- T’ward him perforce she… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He spake, and lifted high his Druid Wand:-- T’ward him perforce she drew: she bowed her head: Down on that head he dropp’d it; and beyond The glooming lake, with bat-like wings outspread O’er earth’s black verge the shrieking Fury passed; Thenceforth to circle earth while earth shall last. 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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 (spake, Wand, shape, like wings), 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:pg78491:9:28 # text = He spake, and lifted high his Druid Wand:-- T’ward him perforce she drew: she bowed her head: Down on that head he dropp’d it; and beyond The glooming lake, with bat-like wings outspread O’er earth’s black verge the shrieking Fury passed; Thenceforth to circle earth while earth shall last. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 Druid Druid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Wand Wand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 T’ward T'ward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 flat _ _ 14 perforce perforce NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 Down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 dropp dropp NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 glooming gloom VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 outspread outspread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 44 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 verge verge NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 shrieking shriek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 51 Fury Fury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 Thenceforth thenceforth ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 circle circle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 57 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 while while SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past | spake shape and T’ward perforce *not said here* | shape's Druid Wand | | | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | Wand | T’ward perforce *not said here* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perforce=Theme | | 3 | **bow** | past | Wand | Wand's head | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | shape | dropp | | that head | | down *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **gloom** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **outspread** | present | like wings | O’er earth's black verge | | | | beyond the glooming lake | tree rules | | 7 | **shriek** | gerund | like wings *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **pass** | past | Fury | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **circle** | to-infinitive | shape *not said here* | earth | | | | thenceforth *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme | | 10 | **last** | shall | earth | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)