--- title: And since they knew their penance now was over, Penance that tasks t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And since they knew their penance now was over, Penance that tasks true hearts to purify, Happier were they than e’er was mortal lover, Happy as Spirits cleansed that, near the sky, Feel, mid that shadowy realm expiatory, Warm on their lids the unseen yet nearing glory. 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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 (banks, Penance, Happier, e’er), 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:pg78491:10:44 # text = And since they knew their penance now was over, Penance that tasks true hearts to purify, Happier were they than e’er was mortal lover, Happy as Spirits cleansed that, near the sky, Feel, mid that shadowy realm expiatory, Warm on their lids the unseen yet nearing glory. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 since since SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 penance penance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Penance penance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 tasks task VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 Happier Happier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 e’er e'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 cleansed cleanse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 near near ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 Feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 mid mid X AFX _ 46 compound _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 shadowy shadowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 expiatory expiatory X JJ _ 40 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 46 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 lids lid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 52 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 nearing near VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 conj _ _ 54 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | banks *= bank* | banks's penance | | | | Penance *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer penance=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | now | over *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **task** | present | Penance | true hearts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **purify** | to-infinitive | Penance *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **be** | past | Happier | | | | | banks *= bank* *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | e’er | | | | | than mortal lover | tree rules | | 7 | **cleanse** | past | Spirits | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **feel** | infinitive | the sky | | | banks's lids | | warm *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **near** | gerund | the sky *not said here* | glory | | | | | tree rules | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)