--- title: There anguish fell on them: they heard the booming Of league-long br… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: There anguish fell on them: they heard the booming Of league-long breakers white, and gazed on waves Wreck-strewn, themselves entombed, and all-entombing, Rolling to labyrinths dim of red-roofed caves; And streaming waters broad, as with one will In cataracts from gray shelves descending still. 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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 (lake, gray shelves), 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:pg78491:9:60 # text = There anguish fell on them: they heard the booming Of league-long breakers white, and gazed on waves Wreck-strewn, themselves entombed, and all-entombing, Rolling to labyrinths dim of red-roofed caves; And streaming waters broad, as with one will In cataracts from gray shelves descending still. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 anguish anguish AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 booming booming NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 Of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 league league NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 breakers breaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:agent _ _ 22 Wreck Wreck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 strewn strewn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 nsubj _ _ 27 entombed entomb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 entombing entomb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 labyrinths labyrinth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 roofed roof VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 streaming stream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 nsubj _ _ 46 waters water VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 parataxis _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 53 In in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 cataracts cataract NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 shelves shelf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ _ 58 descending descend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 59 still still ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | There | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | | | | there | | on lake | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location | | 3 | **hear** | past | lake | the booming of long breakers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer booming=Stimulus | | 4 | **gaze** | participle | | | | | | waves Wreck *obl:agent*; strewn *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **entomb** | past | lake | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **entomb** | gerund | lake *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **roll** | gerund | lake *not said here* | labyrinths | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labyrinth=Agent | | 8 | **roof** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stream** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **water** | present | | | | | | one *parataxis*; broad *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **descend** | gerund | gray shelves *not said here* | | | | still | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)