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title: Nature, even in periods branded as ‘barbaric,’ has qualities that in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nature, even in periods branded as ‘barbaric,’ has qualities that indicate a sympathy with the divine; for it has ardent affections, a simple refinement, singleness of aim, a marvellous self-sacrifice, and those unblunted sensibilities, both of love and reverence, without which the loftiest revealed
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 127

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Nature, even in periods branded as ‘barbaric,’ has qualities that indicate a sympathy with the divine; for it has ardent affections, a simple refinement, singleness of aim, a marvellous self-sacrifice, and those unblunted sensibilities, both of love and reverence, without which the loftiest revealed truths cease to have a meaning.

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**Who acts:** Nature, qualities, loftiest revealed truths · **What happens:** brand, have, indicate, reveal, cease · **To what, where:** periods, qualities, sympathy, ardent affections, meaning

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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 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nature, qualities, loftiest revealed truths), 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:pg78491:1:131
# text = Nature, even in periods branded as ‘barbaric,’ has qualities that indicate a sympathy with the divine; for it has ardent affections, a simple refinement, singleness of aim, a marvellous self-sacrifice, and those unblunted sensibilities, both of love and reverence, without which the loftiest revealed truths cease to have a meaning.
1	Nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	periods	period	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
6	branded	brand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	barbaric	barbaric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
22	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
25	ardent	ardent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	affections	affection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	refinement	refinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	singleness	singleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
37	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
38	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	45	det	_	_
44	unblunted	unblunted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	sensibilities	sensibility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	49	det	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	appos	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
53	without	without	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	obl	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	loftiest	lofty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	58	amod	_	_
57	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	amod	_	_
58	truths	truth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
59	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	xcomp	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brand** | participle |  | periods *not said here* |  |  |  | as barbaric | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | Nature | qualities |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quality=Patient |
| 3 | **indicate** | present | qualities | a sympathy |  |  |  | with the divine | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sympathy=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | present | nature | ardent affections  a simple refinement and singleness of aim and a marvellous self sacrifice |  |  |  | that unblunted sensibilities *conj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Patient |
| 5 | **reveal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **cease** | present | the loftiest revealed truths |  |  |  |  | without that unblunted sensibilities | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | the loftiest revealed truths *not said here* | a meaning |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |

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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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