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title: Finobar Unconsciously had dropp’d her jewell’d hand Not far from his… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Finobar Unconsciously had dropp’d her jewell’d hand Not far from his: her large and dusky eyes, Shyly at first from his withdrawn, at last Full frankly met them: on her lips the smile Increased, though waveringly, then waned, not died, And in it sadness mingled as she spake: ‘But late yon harper tol
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 37

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Finobar Unconsciously had dropp’d her jewell’d hand Not far from his: her large and dusky eyes, Shyly at first from his withdrawn, at last Full frankly met them: on her lips the smile Increased, though waveringly, then waned, not died, And in it sadness mingled as she spake: ‘But late yon harper told us of a dream-- My earliest of remembered dreams was sad; I saw some princess of your earlier stock Whose lover late had perished, slain in fight By ours, methought them recent.

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**Who acts:** Finobar, dropp, late yon harper, earliest, I, your · **What happens:** have, meet, increase, wane, not die, mingle · **To what, where:** withdrawn, Finobar, large eyes, dropp, last Full, smile · **Speech:** someone speaks here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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Finobar, dropp, late yon harper, earliest), 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:pg78491:13:39
# text = Finobar Unconsciously had dropp’d her jewell’d hand Not far from his: her large and dusky eyes, Shyly at first from his withdrawn, at last Full frankly met them: on her lips the smile Increased, though waveringly, then waned, not died, And in it sadness mingled as she spake: ‘But late yon harper told us of a dream-- My earliest of remembered dreams was sad; I saw some princess of your earlier stock Whose lover late had perished, slain in fight By ours, methought them recent.
1	Finobar	Finobar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Unconsciously	unconsciously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dropp	dropp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’d	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	jewell	jewell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’d	'd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
16	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	dusky	dusky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	Shyly	shyly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	26	advmod	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	withdrawn	withdrawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	Full	Full	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
31	frankly	frankly	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
35	on	on	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	Increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	waveringly	waveringly	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
45	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	46	advmod	_	_
46	waned	wane	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
49	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
55	mingled	mingle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
56	as	as	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	compound	_	_
58	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	65	punct	_	_
60	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
62	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
63	yon	yon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	harper	harper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
65	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
66	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	65	iobj	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
71	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	77	nmod:poss	_	_
72	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	77	nsubj	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	75	amod	_	_
75	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	obl	_	_
76	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	77	cop	_	_
77	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	80	punct	_	_
79	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	80	nsubj	_	_
80	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
81	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	82	det	_	_
82	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obj	_	_
83	of	of	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
84	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
85	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	86	amod	_	_
86	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	obl	_	_
87	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	88	nmod:poss	_	_
88	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	nsubj:pass	_	_
89	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	91	advmod	_	_
90	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	91	aux	_	_
91	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	82	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	_
93	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	91	conj	_	_
94	in	in	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
95	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	obl	_	_
96	By	by	ADP	IN	_	97	case	_	_
97	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	93	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	99	punct	_	_
99	methought	methought	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	conj	_	_
100	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	99	obj	_	_
101	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	99	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Finobar |  |  | brow's withdrawn |  | unconsciously *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | dropp | Finobar |  | brow's large eyes |  | jewell ’d hand *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | past | Finobar *not said here* | dropp |  | last Full |  | on Finobar's lips and the smile; frankly *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **increase** | participle |  | the smile *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **wane** | past |  |  |  |  | then | waveringly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **not** **die** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 7 | **mingle** | past |  |  |  | sadness  hand |  | as she spake | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | late yon harper |  | us |  |  | of a dream | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |
| 9 | **remember** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is** | past | earliest of remembered dreams |  |  |  |  | My *nmod:poss*; sad *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **see** | past | I | some princess |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
| 12 | **perish** | past · perfect · passive |  | lover |  |  |  | of your earlier stock; late *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **slay** | participle |  |  |  | fight |  | by ours | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **methought** | past | I *not said here* | dropp |  |  |  | recent *property* | tree rules |
| 15 | **stock** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=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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