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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 (I, late yon harper), 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:pg78491:13:40 # text = At her feet-- Why there I scarcely know--I made lament: “All thou hast lost for thy sake I renounce: For me, like thee, no bridal rites forever! 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 5 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 lament lament NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod _ _ 18 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 renounce renounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 For for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 33 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 35 forever forever ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | there | | scarcely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **make** | past | I | lament | | Finobar's feet | | no bridal rites *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lament=Product | | 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | All thou | | | | for thy sake; for late yon harper *= harper*; like thee | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **renounce** *in a quote* | present | late yon harper *= harper* | thy sake *not said here* | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sake=Source | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)