--- title: Northward ere dawn they rode with a great host; And loosed their ste… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Northward ere dawn they rode with a great host; And loosed their steeds by Darvra’s mirror clear What time purpureal evening like a ghost Stepped from the blue glen on the glimmering mere: And camped where stood the ruminating herds With heads forth leaning t’ward those human birds. 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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 (ere dawn), 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:pg78491:9:31 # text = Northward ere dawn they rode with a great host; And loosed their steeds by Darvra’s mirror clear What time purpureal evening like a ghost Stepped from the blue glen on the glimmering mere: And camped where stood the ruminating herds With heads forth leaning t’ward those human birds. 1 Northward northward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 ere ere PROPN ADD _ 3 compound _ _ 3 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 loosed loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 Darvra Darvra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 20 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 purpureal purpureal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 Stepped step VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 glen glen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 glimmering glimmering NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 camped camp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 40 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 ruminating ruminate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 With with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 47 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 48 t’ward t'ward ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 50 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | ere dawn | | | | | with a great host; songs *= song* *nsubj* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **loose** | past | ere dawn *not said here* | songs's steeds | | | time | by Darvra's mirror; clear *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | | 3 | **step** | participle | | a ghost *not said here* | | the blue glen on the glimmering mere | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from glen=Trajectory | | 4 | **camp** | past | ere dawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past | ere dawn *not said here* | the ruminating herds | | | | with heads; forth *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herd=Stimulus | | 6 | **ruminate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lean** | gerund | ere dawn *not said here* | that human birds | | | | t'ward *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)