--- title: Of Eman’s maids But one, the best and purest gave consent: Alone she… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Of Eman’s maids But one, the best and purest gave consent: Alone she stood at parting of the ways: While near and nearer yet that war-car drew Wide-eyed she stood, death-pale: it stopp’d: she spake; Eman, thy Mother, stands a widow now: And many a famished babe that wrought no ill Lies mid her ruins --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/) / 20 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 20 Of Eman’s maids But one, the best and purest gave consent: Alone she stood at parting of the ways: While near and nearer yet that war-car drew Wide-eyed she stood, death-pale: it stopp’d: she spake; Eman, thy Mother, stands a widow now: And many a famished babe that wrought no ill Lies mid her ruins wailing.” **Who acts:** one, Maid, war car, Wide eyed, car, Eman · **What happens:** give, stand, draw, have, famish, wrought · **To what, where:** consent, parting, she spake, widow, ill Lies, ruins This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Maid, war car, Wide eyed), 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:pg78491:12:22 # text = Of Eman’s maids But one, the best and purest gave consent: Alone she stood at parting of the ways: While near and nearer yet that war-car drew Wide-eyed she stood, death-pale: it stopp’d: she spake; Eman, thy Mother, stands a widow now: And many a famished babe that wrought no ill Lies mid her ruins wailing.” 1 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 5 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 purest pure ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 conj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 Alone alone ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 While while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 near near ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 conj _ _ 28 yet yet ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 34 Wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 stopp stopp NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 compound _ _ 49 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 56 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 61 And and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 62 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 nsubj _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 famished famish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 amod _ _ 65 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 wrought wrought VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 70 det _ _ 69 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 Lies Lie PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 71 mid mi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 72 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ _ 74 wailing wail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | one the best | consent | | | | of Eman's maids | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | Maid | | | parting of the ways | | alone, near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at parting=Location | | 3 | **draw** | past | war car | | | | yet | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past | Wide eyed | | | | | Maid *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | car | she spake | | | | stopp *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Patient | | 6 | **stand** | present | Eman | a widow | | | now | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer widow=Stimulus | | 7 | **famish** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wrought** | past | a famished babe | no ill Lies | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mi** | past | many | Maid's ruins | | | | a famished babe *nsubj* | tree rules | | 10 | **wail** | gerund | many *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **part** | | the ways | | | | | | nom parting «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 12 | **ruin** | | Maid | | | | | | nom ruin «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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)