It's to show an exception (which is often the purpose of "yet") because in the first clause it identifies an action, then then it's like "but wait, maybe the action didn't really get going" in the second half of the sentence
It is most likely D.adj-describes
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THIS POEM LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER WAS WRITTEN BY THOMAS CAMPBELL WHICH TELLS THE TRAGIC TALES OF TWO LOVERS LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER AND THE CHIEFTAIN . LORD ULLVAS IS ANRY WITH THE CHIEF OF ULVA'S ISLE FOR HAVING ELOPED WITH HIS DAUGHTER . HIS MEN PERSUE THE LOVERS AS THEY WISH TO KILL THE CHIEFTAIN . HENCE , THE LOVER TRY TO ESCAPE FROM LORD ULLIN AND HIS MEN . THE CHIEFTAIN OFFERS TO PAY THE BOATMAN TO ROW THEM ACROSS LOCHGYLE . DESPITE THE APPROACHING STORM AND THE EXPECTED DANGER IN THE SEA , THE BOATMAN IS WILLING TO HELP , NOT FOR THE MONEY BUT FOR THE SAKE OF LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER . THE DARK CLOUDS AND STORMY SEA PORTEND THE FORTHCOMING DANGERS AND END OF THE LOVERS . LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER COULD EITHER FACE DANGER OF THE STORMY SEA OR THE RATH OF HER FATHER WHICH WOULD LEAD TO HER LOVER'S DEATH ; SHE PREFERS TO FACE THE STORMY SEA , THE FATHER SEA HIS DAUGHTER IS DROWNING . HIS ANGER CHANGES TO WAILING . HE IS LEFT LAMENTING FOR HIS DAUGHTER .
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lord ullin's daughter is a poem written by thomas campbell.this poem narrates a sad event of the daughter of a nobleman of scotland.it was a stormy night.a chieftain of highland clan of ulva isle who was eloping with the daughter of lord ullin promised to pay the boatman a silver pound if he could row them over the ferry.it was their third day of their flight and he knew that the lord would kill him if he could find them.the boatman assured them that he would do his best for the beautiful lady and row them over the ferry.but the storm grew more and more violent and it was a severely dreary night.armed horsemen have heard to have come very close and the lady grew dismayed.the stormy land was left behind but the torrential sea was ahead.the situation was beyond human control,so the boat capsized.when the father reached the shore , it was too late, the girl could only stretch her hand for aid, the other clasped round her lover.the father shouted out for promises to forgive her but the wild water gushed out over her and the father was left wailing.
