--- title: Day after day they told that youth their tale: Wide-eyed he stood, a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Day after day they told that youth their tale: Wide-eyed he stood, and inly drank their words; And later, harping still in wood and vale, He fitted oft their sorrow to his chords; And thus to him in part men owe the lore[22] Of all those patient sufferers bare of yore. 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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 (Day, love, part men, lore), 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:pg78491:10:7 # text = Day after day they told that youth their tale: Wide-eyed he stood, and inly drank their words; And later, harping still in wood and vale, He fitted oft their sorrow to his chords; And thus to him in part men owe the lore[22] Of all those patient sufferers bare of yore. 1 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 Wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 inly inly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 harping harp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 chords chord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 thus thus ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 55 Of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 57 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 58 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 sufferers sufferer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 60 bare bare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 yore yore NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Day after day | | youth creatures's tale | | | creatures *= creature* *nsubj*; late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stand** | past | love | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drink** | past | love *not said here* | creatures's words | | | | inly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 4 | **harp** | gerund | Day after day *not said here* | | | wood and vale | still | | tree rules | | 5 | **fit** | past | love | creatures's oft sorrow | | | | to love's chords *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent sorrow=Patient to chord=Goal | | 6 | **owe** | present | part men | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bare** | present | the lore | | | | | of yore | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tell** | | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **word** | | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **sorrow** | | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)