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title: Gamesome he and mild; To woman reverent and the hoary hair; Nor alms… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gamesome he and mild; To woman reverent and the hoary hair; Nor alms he stints nor incense to the Gods; But when from heaven the anger on him breaks Pity he knows for none. Who acts: Gamesome, anger. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Ver
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 87

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Gamesome he and mild; To woman reverent and the hoary hair; Nor alms he stints nor incense to the Gods; But when from heaven the anger on him breaks Pity he knows for none.

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**Who acts:** Gamesome, anger · **What happens:** stint, break, know · **To what, where:** incense, Pity, mild Nor alms

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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 (Gamesome, anger), 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:pg78491:11:89
# text = Gamesome he and mild; To woman reverent and the hoary hair; Nor alms he stints nor incense to the Gods; But when from heaven the anger on him breaks Pity he knows for none.
1	Gamesome	Gamesome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
4	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	To	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	reverent	reverent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hoary	hoary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	Nor	nor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	alms	alms	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	stints	stint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	19	cc	_	_
19	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
24	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	_
32	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
33	Pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stint** | present | Gamesome | incense |  |  |  | to the Gods | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | present | the anger on Gamesome | Pity |  |  |  | from heaven | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pity=Patient from heaven=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **know** | present | anger |  |  |  |  | for none | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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