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title: Meave bit her lip: But wildly sang the Witch; ‘Faythleen am I, Thy P… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Meave bit her lip: But wildly sang the Witch; ‘Faythleen am I, Thy People’s patron mid the Powers unseen: Beware that youth invisible for speed, Who hears that whisper none beside can hear, Sees what none other sees; before whose eye The wild beast cowers, subdued! Who acts: Meave, patron, that, non
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 85

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Meave bit her lip: But wildly sang the Witch; ‘Faythleen am I, Thy People’s patron mid the Powers unseen: Beware that youth invisible for speed, Who hears that whisper none beside can hear, Sees what none other sees; before whose eye The wild beast cowers, subdued!

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**Who acts:** Meave, patron, that, none, wild beast · **What happens:** bite, sing, be, mi, beware, hear · **To what, where:** lip, Witch, I, youth, none · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Meave, patron, that, none), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:11:87
# text = Meave bit her lip: But wildly sang the Witch; ‘Faythleen am I, Thy People’s patron mid the Powers unseen: Beware that youth invisible for speed, Who hears that whisper none beside can hear, Sees what none other sees; before whose eye The wild beast cowers, subdued!
1	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	wildly	wildly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Faythleen	Faythleen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
14	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’s	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	patron	patron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	mid	mi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Beware	beware	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
27	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	xcomp	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
34	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	nsubj	_	_
36	whisper	whisper	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
37	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	36	obj	_	_
38	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	Sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
43	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	46	obj	_	_
44	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	46	nsubj	_	_
45	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
46	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
48	before	before	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
51	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
54	cowers	cower	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | Meave | e’er's lip |  |  |  | Faythleen *parataxis* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Meave *not said here* | the Witch |  |  |  | wildly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location witch=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Meave *not said here* | I |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mi** | past | Thy People's patron |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **beware** | infinitive | Thy People's patron *not said here* | that youth |  |  |  | invisible *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **hear** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for speed; Who *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | that | none |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Topic |
| 8 | **hear** | can | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **see** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 10 | **see** | present | none |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 11 | **cower** | present | the wild beast |  |  |  | before eye |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **subdue** | participle | the wild beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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