--- title: Thus as she sang, behold, the sun uprose, And smote a swan that on a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus as she sang, behold, the sun uprose, And smote a swan that on a wave’s smooth crest Exhausted lay, like one by pitiless foes Trampled, and looking but to death for rest: He also clomb that rock, though weak and worn, With bleeding feet and pinions tempest-torn. Who acts: Finola, sun. 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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 (Finola, sun), 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:pg78491:9:67 # text = Thus as she sang, behold, the sun uprose, And smote a swan that on a wave’s smooth crest Exhausted lay, like one by pitiless foes Trampled, and looking but to death for rest: He also clomb that rock, though weak and worn, With bleeding feet and pinions tempest-torn. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 behold behold INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 uprose uprose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 crest crest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl:relcl _ _ 23 Exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 lay Lay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 appos _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 pitiless pitiless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 Trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 det _ _ 45 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 though though SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 48 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 worn worn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 With with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 bleeding bleed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 amod _ _ 54 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 pinions pinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 57 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Finola | | | | | thus *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **uprose** | past | the sun | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smite** | past | Finola *not said here* | a swan on a wave's smooth crest a swan on a wave's smooth crest a swan | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus swan=Experiencer | | 4 | **exhaust** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **trample** | participle | | pitiless foes *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | gerund | Finola *not said here* | | | | | for rest; death *conj* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for rest=Theme | | 7 | **clomb** | | sun | | | | | that rock *appos*; weak bleeding feet and pinions *conj* | tree rules | | 8 | **bleed** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 9 | **tear** | participle | | weak bleeding feet and pinions *not said here* | | | | tempest *compound* | vn run-51.3.2 «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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)