--- title: I spurned their offers! three things I required-- A warrior proved,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: I spurned their offers! three things I required-- A warrior proved, since great at arms am I; A liberal hand, since lavish I of gifts; A man not jealous, since, in love as war, There where I willed I ever cast mine eyes. Who acts: I, warrior, princes. 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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 (I, warrior, princes), 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:pg78491:11:25 # text = I spurned their offers! three things I required-- A warrior proved, since great at arms am I; A liberal hand, since lavish I of gifts; A man not jealous, since, in love as war, There where I willed I ever cast mine eyes. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spurned spurn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 offers offer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 since since ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 liberal liberal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 since since ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 lavish lavish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 since since ADP IN _ 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 willed will VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 50 advmod _ _ 50 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ _ 51 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spurn** | past | I | princes's offers | | | | a liberal hand *obl*; three things *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | past | I | three things *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Precondition | | 3 | **prove** | participle | a warrior *not said here* | I | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | a warrior *not said here* | | | arms | | great *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **will** | past | I | | | there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cast** | present | I | mine | | | ever | eyes *obj* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent my=Beneficiary eye=Product | | 7 | **offer** | | princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)