--- title: In time all ocean omens they had learned; And once, as o’er the dark… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: In time all ocean omens they had learned; And once, as o’er the darkening deep they roved, Finola, who the advancing woe discerned, Addressed them: ‘Little brothers, well beloved, Though many a storm hath tried us, yet the worst Comes up this night: now therefore, ere it burst Who acts: omens, Finol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/61/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/) / 61 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 61 In time all ocean omens they had learned; And once, as o’er the darkening deep they roved, Finola, who the advancing woe discerned, Addressed them: ‘Little brothers, well beloved, Though many a storm hath tried us, yet the worst Comes up this night: now therefore, ere it burst **Who acts:** omens, Finola, worst · **What happens:** learn, darken, rove, advance, discern, address · **To what, where:** ocean omens, Finola, omens, Little brothers, many storm, storm This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (omens, Finola, worst), 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:pg78491:9:62 # text = In time all ocean omens they had learned; And once, as o’er the darkening deep they roved, Finola, who the advancing woe discerned, Addressed them: ‘Little brothers, well beloved, Though many a storm hath tried us, yet the worst Comes up this night: now therefore, ere it burst 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 omens omen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 darkening darken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 deep deep ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 roved rove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Finola Finola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 advancing advance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 discerned discern VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 Though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 worst worst NOUN NN _ 50 nsubj _ _ 50 Comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 56 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 burst burst PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past · perfect · passive | | all ocean omens | | | time | omens *= omen* *nsubj*; once *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **darken** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rove** | past | omens *= omen* | Finola | | | | deep *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location finola=Theme | | 4 | **advance** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **discern** | past | Finola | | | | | the advancing woe *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **address** | past | omens *= omen* *not said here* | omens *= omen* | | | | Little brothers *obl* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination | | 7 | **belov** | participle | | Little brothers *not said here* | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **try** | present · passive | | a many storm | | | | us *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer we=Result | | 9 | **come up** | present | the worst | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **ere** | past | | storm | | | now | therefore *property* | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)