--- title: Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the music of the birds in the grove, earlier than that did Connachar, King of Ulster, arise, with his little troop of dear friends, in the delightful twilight of the fresh and gentle May; the dew was heavy on each bush and flower and st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/64/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/) / 64 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 64 Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the music of the birds in the grove, earlier than that did Connachar, King of Ulster, arise, with his little troop of dear friends, in the delightful twilight of the fresh and gentle May; the dew was heavy on each bush and flower and stem, as they went to bring Deirdre forth from the green knoll where she stayed. **Who acts:** song, dew, King · **What happens:** rise, mi, do, arise, be, go · **To what, where:** rocky caves, grove, Connachar, bush, Deirdre, green knoll This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story of Deirdre. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, dew, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7885:13:64 # text = Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the music of the birds in the grove, earlier than that did Connachar, King of Ulster, arise, with his little troop of dear friends, in the delightful twilight of the fresh and gentle May; the dew was heavy on each bush and flower and stem, as they went to bring Deirdre forth from the green knoll where she stayed. 1 Though though ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 mid mi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 Connachar Connachar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 arise arise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 49 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 52 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 60 det _ _ 60 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 Deirdre Deirdre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 forth forth ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 73 from from ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 knoll knoll NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 77 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 79 advmod _ _ 78 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | | | | | | early, though *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mi** | past | the song | the rocky caves and the music of the birds | | the grove | | early *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past | the song *not said here* | Connachar | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connachar=Eventuality | | 4 | **arise** | present | the song *not said here* | | | | | with Connachar's little troop of dear friends | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the dew | | | each bush and flower and stem | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Deirdre | | the green knoll | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme from knoll=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **stay** | past | song | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/65/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)