--- title: We must not confound the ‘savage’ state which has fallen beneath the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: We must not confound the ‘savage’ state which has fallen beneath the dominion of blind sense, with the ‘barbaric’ which has not yet ascended into the clearer day, but which in its twilight has a gleam of coming morn. Who acts: We, savage state, gleam. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, savage state, gleam), 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:pg78491:1:133 # text = We must not confound the ‘savage’ state which has fallen beneath the dominion of blind sense, with the ‘barbaric’ which has not yet ascended into the clearer day, but which in its twilight has a gleam of coming morn. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 confound confound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 savage savage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 barbaric barbaric NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 yet yet ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 ascended ascend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 40 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 45 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **confound** | must | We | the savage state | | | | the barbaric *parataxis* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus state=Experiencer | | 2 | **fall** | present · perfect | the savage state | | | the dominion of blind sense | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath dominion=Location | | 3 | **not** **ascend** | present · perfect · passive | | the barbaric | | | yet; day | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 4 | **have** | present | | a gleam | | nature's twilight | | which *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | gerund | a gleam *not said here* | morn | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location morn=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:** «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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/130/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)