--- title: And they saw great towers built, and saw them fall; And saw the litt… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And they saw great towers built, and saw them fall; And saw the little seedling tempest-sown; And generations under torch and pall Borne forth to narrow graves ere long grass-grown; And all these things to them were as a dream, Or shade that sleeps on some fast hurrying stream. 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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 (sufferers, great towers, things, shade), 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:pg78491:9:38 # text = And they saw great towers built, and saw them fall; And saw the little seedling tempest-sown; And generations under torch and pall Borne forth to narrow graves ere long grass-grown; And all these things to them were as a dream, Or shade that sleeps on some fast hurrying stream. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 seedling seedling NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 sown sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 pall pall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 Borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 29 forth forth ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:agent _ _ 33 ere ere ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 35 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 Or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 58 det _ _ 56 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 hurrying hurrying NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | sufferers *= sufferer* | generations under torch and pall | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **build** | past | great towers | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **see** | past | sufferers *= sufferer* *not said here* | sufferers *= sufferer* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | sufferers *= sufferer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | sufferers *= sufferer* *not said here* | the little seedling | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seedling=Stimulus | | 6 | **sow** | participle | | the little seedling *not said here* | | | | tempest *compound* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bear** | participle | | generations under torch and pall *not said here* | | | | narrow graves *obl:agent*; forth *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | grass *compound* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | all things to sufferers | | | | | as a dream; shade *appos* | tree rules | | 10 | **sleep** | present | shade | | | some fast hurrying stream | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)