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title: Best, methinks, of all That lullaby half war and sorrow half Breathe… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Best, methinks, of all That lullaby half war and sorrow half Breathed by some bride while o’er her wounded lord Softly descends the sleep:--so softly sank Cold dews of evening on this flower still wet.’ Who acts: Best methinks. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 61

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Best, methinks, of all That lullaby half war and sorrow half Breathed by some bride while o’er her wounded lord Softly descends the sleep:--so softly sank Cold dews of evening on this flower still wet.’

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**Who acts:** Best methinks · **What happens:** breathe, descend, sink · **To what, where:** sleep, Cold dews, flower

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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 (Best methinks), 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:pg78491:13:63
# text = Best, methinks, of all That lullaby half war and sorrow half Breathed by some bride while o’er her wounded lord Softly descends the sleep:--so softly sank Cold dews of evening on this flower still wet.’
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	methinks	methink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
8	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	10	compound	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	sorrow	sorrow	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	advmod	_	_
14	Breathed	breathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	o’er	o'er	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
23	Softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	so	so	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
30	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
32	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	dews	dew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
39	still	still	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | present | Best methinks of all lullaby half war  That *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by some bride; half *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **descend** | present | Best methinks of all lullaby half war  That *not said here* | the sleep |  |  |  | o'er bride's wounded lord; softly *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sleep=Theme |
| 3 | **sink** | past | Best methinks of all lullaby half war  That | Cold dews of evening |  | this flower |  | softly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dew=Patient |

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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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