--- title: Faint as that blush which lights some matron’s cheek Tenderly please… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Faint as that blush which lights some matron’s cheek Tenderly pleased by gentle praise deserved-- That island’s winding coast from creek to creek Like curves of shells with dream-like beauty swerved: And midmost spread a lake; from mortal eyes Vanished this day like man’s lost paradise. 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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 (blush, shells, midmost, mortal eyes), 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:pg78491:10:48 # text = Faint as that blush which lights some matron’s cheek Tenderly pleased by gentle praise deserved-- That island’s winding coast from creek to creek Like curves of shells with dream-like beauty swerved: And midmost spread a lake; from mortal eyes Vanished this day like man’s lost paradise. 1 Faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 blush blush NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lights light VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 matron matron NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 Tenderly Tenderly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 deserved deserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 18 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 winding wind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 22 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 creek creek NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 creek creek NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 Like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 curves curve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 swerved swerve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 midmost midmost NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 Vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 like like ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 54 paradise paradise 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 | **light** | present | that blush | some matron's cheek | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Product | | 2 | **deserve** | participle | | gentle praise *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wind** | gerund | | coast | | creek | | to creek; like curves of shells | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent coast=Theme from creek=Source to creek=Trajectory | | 4 | **swerve** | past | shells *not said here* | | | | | with like beauty | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spread** | past | midmost | a lake | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lake=Theme | | 6 | **vanish** | past | mortal eyes | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lose** | present · passive | mortal eyes *not said here* | paradise | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: paradise=Eventuality | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)