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title: It has been remarked that in the characters of Homer--so absolutely… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: It has been remarked that in the characters of Homer--so absolutely true are they to nature--the qualities which bear the same name are yet essentially different qualities; as, for example, courage as illustrated in Achilles and Ajax, in Diomed and in Hector. Who acts: kingdoms, qualities. A sentenc
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 80

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It has been remarked that in the characters of Homer--so absolutely true are they to nature--the qualities which bear the same name are yet essentially different qualities; as, for example, courage as illustrated in Achilles and Ajax, in Diomed and in Hector.

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**Who acts:** kingdoms, qualities · **What happens:** remark, be, bear, illustrate · **To what, where:** force, true nature, same name, different qualities, characters, courage

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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 (kingdoms, qualities), 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:pg78491:1:84
# text = It has been remarked that in the characters of Homer--so absolutely true are they to nature--the qualities which bear the same name are yet essentially different qualities; as, for example, courage as illustrated in Achilles and Ajax, in Diomed and in Hector.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	remarked	remark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Homer	Homer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	appos	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
28	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
29	essentially	essentially	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
33	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
39	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
40	illustrated	illustrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Diomed	Diomed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Hector	hector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remark** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  | force |  |  |  | for example | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | kingdoms *= kingdom* | true nature |  |  |  | the qualities *appos* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bear** | present | the qualities | the same name |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | different qualities |  | the characters of Homer | yet |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **illustrate** | participle |  | courage *not said here* |  | Achilles and Ajax |  | in Diomed and Hector | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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