--- title: ‘To snare the Gael, perpetual spells they weave: O’er the wet waste… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘To snare the Gael, perpetual spells they weave: O’er the wet waste they bid the meteor glide: They raise illusive cliffs at morn and eve On wintry coasts: sea-mantled rocks they hide: And shipwrecked sailors eye them o’er the waves, Dark shapes pygmean couchant in sea-caves. Who acts: spells. 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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 (spells), 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:pg78491:9:42 # text = ‘To snare the Gael, perpetual spells they weave: O’er the wet waste they bid the meteor glide: They raise illusive cliffs at morn and eve On wintry coasts: sea-mantled rocks they hide: And shipwrecked sailors eye them o’er the waves, Dark shapes pygmean couchant in sea-caves. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 snare snare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Gael Gael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 perpetual perpetual NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 weave weave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 12 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 meteor meteor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 glide glide NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 raise raise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 illusive illusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 On on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 wintry wintry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 mantled mantle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 shipwrecked shipwreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 44 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 appos _ _ 52 pygmean pygmean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 53 couchant couchant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snare** | to-infinitive | | the Gael | | | | O’er *obl* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gael=Theme | | 2 | **weave** | present | spells *= spell* | perpetual spells *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product | | 3 | **bid** | past | spells *= spell* | the meteor glide | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **raise** | present | spells *= spell* | illusive cliffs | | morn and eve | | on wintry coasts mantled rocks | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme at morn=Destination on coast=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **mantle** | participle | | | | | | sea *compound* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hide** | present | spells *= spell* | mantled rocks *not said here* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | | 7 | **shipwreck** | past | | sailors | | | | o'er the waves; eye cliffs *obj* | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)