--- title: He, the man Despised since youth, the laughter of the crowd, Himself… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He, the man Despised since youth, the laughter of the crowd, Himself restored to youth by change like death, Had rolled his voice abroad, a mighty voice; They heard it: from their trance they burst: they stood Radiant once more with mind! Who acts: space, things. 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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 (space, things), 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:pg78491:12:154 # text = He, the man Despised since youth, the laughter of the crowd, Himself restored to youth by change like death, Had rolled his voice abroad, a mighty voice; They heard it: from their trance they burst: they stood Radiant once more with mind! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 since since ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 nsubj _ _ 16 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 trance trance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 Radiant radiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 48 advmod _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despise** | participle | space | | | | since youth | the man *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **restore** | past | space | | youth | | | by change like death | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient | | 3 | **roll** | past · perfect | space *not said here* | space's voice | | | | a mighty voice *obl*; abroad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | past | things *= thing* | voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **burst** | past | things *= thing* | | | things's trance | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | with mind; radiant *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **trance** | | things *= thing* | | | | | | nom trance «state 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/153/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)