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title: The imaginative literature of early races wears a rough exterior; bu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The imaginative literature of early races wears a rough exterior; but as we are told of a ‘latent heat,’ so there exists a latent thoughtfulness; and it is often found unexpectedly in the depths of a tale which on its surface reveals no disposition to deal with hard problems. Who acts: imaginative l
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 91

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The imaginative literature of early races wears a rough exterior; but as we are told of a ‘latent heat,’ so there exists a latent thoughtfulness; and it is often found unexpectedly in the depths of a tale which on its surface reveals no disposition to deal with hard problems.

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**Who acts:** imaginative literature · **What happens:** wear, tell, exist, find, reveal, deal · **To what, where:** rough exterior, we, latent thoughtfulness, literature, depths, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (imaginative literature), 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:pg78491:1:95
# text = The imaginative literature of early races wears a rough exterior; but as we are told of a ‘latent heat,’ so there exists a latent thoughtfulness; and it is often found unexpectedly in the depths of a tale which on its surface reveals no disposition to deal with hard problems.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	imaginative	imaginative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	exterior	exterior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	latent	latent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
24	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
26	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	latent	latent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	thoughtfulness	thoughtfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
34	often	often	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
36	unexpectedly	unexpectedly	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	depths	depth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obj	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
47	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	acl:relcl	_	_
48	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	49	det	_	_
49	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	acl	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | the imaginative literature of early races | a rough exterior |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent exterior=Source |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | of a latent heat | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **exist** | present | the imaginative literature of early races *not said here* | a latent thoughtfulness |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | present · passive |  | literature |  | the depths of a tale |  | often, unexpectedly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 5 | **reveal** | present |  | a tale |  | literature's surface |  | no disposition *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **deal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with hard problems | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with problem=Theme |

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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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