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title: And when at last the full midsummer panted Upon the austere main, an… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when at last the full midsummer panted Upon the austere main, and high-peaked isles, And hills that, like some elfin land enchanted, Now charmed, now mocked the eye with phantom smiles, More far round Alba’s shores the swans made way To Islay’s beach, and cloud-loved Colonsay. Who acts: Alba, sw
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 75

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And when at last the full midsummer panted Upon the austere main, and high-peaked isles, And hills that, like some elfin land enchanted, Now charmed, now mocked the eye with phantom smiles, More far round Alba’s shores the swans made way To Islay’s beach, and cloud-loved Colonsay.

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**Who acts:** Alba, swans · **What happens:** pant, peak, enchant, charm, mock, shore · **To what, where:** hills, last full midsummer, elfin land, eye, way, Colonsay

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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 (Alba, swans), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:9:76
# text = And when at last the full midsummer panted Upon the austere main, and high-peaked isles, And hills that, like some elfin land enchanted, Now charmed, now mocked the eye with phantom smiles, More far round Alba’s shores the swans made way To Islay’s beach, and cloud-loved Colonsay.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	panted	pant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	austere	austere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	peaked	peak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	isles	isle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	like	like	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
26	elfin	elfin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
28	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
31	charmed	charm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
34	mocked	mock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	parataxis	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	phantom	phantom	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	smiles	smile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	42	advmod	_	_
42	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	advmod	_	_
43	round	round	ADP	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
44	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	’s	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	shores	shore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
49	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	ccomp	_	_
50	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
51	To	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	Islay	Islay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	’s	's	PART	POS	_	52	case	_	_
54	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	conj	_	_
60	Colonsay	Colonsay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pant** | participle |  | hills like some elfin land  that |  | the last full midsummer |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **peak** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enchant** | participle |  | some elfin land  that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **charm** | participle |  |  |  |  | now |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **mock** | participle |  | the eye |  |  | now | with phantom smiles | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 6 | **shore** | present | Alba |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **make** | past | the swans | way |  |  |  | to Islay's beach | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product |
| 8 | **love** | participle | the swans *not said here* | Colonsay |  |  |  | cloud *compound* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colonsay=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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