--- title: There, day by day, the sun more early set; And through the hollows o… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: There, day by day, the sun more early set; And through the hollows of the high-ridged sea Which foamed around their rocky cabinet The whirlwinds beat them more remorselessly: And winter followed soon: and ofttimes storms Shrouded for weeks the mountains’ frowning forms. 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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 (sun, hollows, winter, mountains), 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:pg78491:9:61 # text = There, day by day, the sun more early set; And through the hollows of the high-ridged sea Which foamed around their rocky cabinet The whirlwinds beat them more remorselessly: And winter followed soon: and ofttimes storms Shrouded for weeks the mountains’ frowning forms. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hollows hollow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ridged ridge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 23 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 foamed foam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 25 around around ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 whirlwinds whirlwind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 31 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 34 remorselessly remorselessly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 ofttimes ofttime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 compound _ _ 43 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 44 Shrouded shroud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 frowning frown VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 amod _ _ 51 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | | the sun | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ridge** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **foam** | past | the hollows of the ridged sea | the whirlwinds | | hollows's rocky cabinet | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location whirlwind=Theme | | 4 | **beat** | present | the hollows of the ridged sea | whirlwinds *= whirlwind* | | there | day | ofttimes storms *obl*; remorselessly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | past | winter | | | | | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shroud** | participle | | ofttimes storms *not said here* | | | week | the mountains's frowning forms *obl:agent* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **frown** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **form** | | the mountains | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)