--- title: And as they slept she sang: ‘Among the flowers Of old we played wher… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And as they slept she sang: ‘Among the flowers Of old we played where princes quaffed their wine; But now for flowery fields sea-floods are ours; And now our wine-cup is the bitter brine: Yet, brothers, fear no ill; for God will send At last his Tailkenn, and our woes find end.’ Who acts: lightnings --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/71/) [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/) / 71 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 71 And as they slept she sang: ‘Among the flowers Of old we played where princes quaffed their wine; But now for flowery fields sea-floods are ours; And now our wine-cup is the bitter brine: Yet, brothers, fear no ill; for God will send At last his Tailkenn, and our woes find end.’ **Who acts:** lightnings, Finola, we, princes, sea floods, wine cup · **What happens:** sleep, sing, play, quaff, be, fear · **To what, where:** flowers, wine, ours, bitter brine, ill, Tailkenn 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 (lightnings, Finola, we, princes), 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:pg78491:9:72 # text = And as they slept she sang: ‘Among the flowers Of old we played where princes quaffed their wine; But now for flowery fields sea-floods are ours; And now our wine-cup is the bitter brine: Yet, brothers, fear no ill; for God will send At last his Tailkenn, and our woes find end.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Among among ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 12 Of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 quaffed quaff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 But but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 flowery flowery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 floods flood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 brine brine NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Yet yet ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 56 At at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obl _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 Tailkenn Tailkenn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 woes woe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 64 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 parataxis _ _ 65 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | lightnings *= lightning* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Finola | | | the flowers | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among flower=Location | | 3 | **play** | past | we | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **quaff** | past | princes | lightnings's wine | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | sea floods | ours | | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | our wine cup | the bitter brine | | | now; yet | | tree rules | | 7 | **fear** | present | the bitter brine | no ill | | | | brothers *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ill=Stimulus | | 8 | **send** | future | | brine's Tailkenn | | last | | for God | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailkenn=Theme | | 9 | **find** | present | our woes | end | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Topic | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)