--- title: For bard he was; and still the bard-like nature Hath reverence, as f… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: For bard he was; and still the bard-like nature Hath reverence, as for virtue, so for woe, And ever finds in trials of the creature The great Creator’s purpose here below To lift by lowering, and through anguish strange To fit for thrones exempt from chance or change. 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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 (lore, thrones, great Creator), 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:pg78491:10:8 # text = For bard he was; and still the bard-like nature Hath reverence, as for virtue, so for woe, And ever finds in trials of the creature The great Creator’s purpose here below To lift by lowering, and through anguish strange To fit for thrones exempt from chance or change. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 bard bard NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 bard bard NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 Hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 26 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Creator Creator PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 below below ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 39 To to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 lowering lower VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 anguish anguish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 47 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 To to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 thrones throne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 exempt exempt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | lore | | | | still | for bard; for woe; the like nature *nsubj*; reverence *obj*; virtue *conj*; have *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | present | lore *not said here* | | | trials of the creature the great Creator's purpose; here | ever | below *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lift** | to-infinitive | lore *not said here* | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lower** | gerund | lore *not said here* | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **anguish** | present | lore *not said here* | | | | | strange *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **fit** | to-infinitive | lore *not said here* | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **exempt** | present | thrones | | | chance or change | | | tree rules | | 8 | **try** | | | the creature the great Creator's purpose | | | | | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **purpose** | | the great Creator | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)