--- title: Yet oft, Listening those bickerings in her camp she frowned: For sti… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet oft, Listening those bickerings in her camp she frowned: For still the chieftains strove; and one, a king Briarind, had tongue so sharp, where’er he moved A guard was round him set lest spleen of his Should set the monarchs ravening each on each. 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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 (Queen, chieftains, Briarind, where’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:pg78491:11:66 # text = Yet oft, Listening those bickerings in her camp she frowned: For still the chieftains strove; and one, a king Briarind, had tongue so sharp, where’er he moved A guard was round him set lest spleen of his Should set the monarchs ravening each on each. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 bickerings bickering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 frowned frown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 For for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 chieftains chieftain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 strove strive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:desc _ _ 24 Briarind Briarind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 where’er where'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 round round ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 39 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 40 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 spleen spleen NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 monarchs monarch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 ravening raven VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 48 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | gerund | | that bickerings | | Queen's camp | | | tree rules | | 2 | **frown** | past | Queen | Queen's camp *not said here* | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | | 3 | **strive** | past | the chieftains | | | | still | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | Briarind a king | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **move** | past | Briarind | a guard | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | where’er | one tongue *not said here* | | | | round Briarind; lest spleen; set *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **set** | should | spleen *not said here* | the monarchs | | | | Briarind *nmod:poss* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient monarch=Result | | 8 | **raven** | gerund | the monarchs *not said here* | each | | each | | | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)