--- title: The queen, as he departed, took his hand: Alone they stood: she spak… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The queen, as he departed, took his hand: Alone they stood: she spake: ‘That noble scorn Which spurned a bribe, approves a Firbolg’s worth: ’Twas Ailill sent that herald. ’ Who acts: Tearful, queen, eyes, noble scorn. 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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 (Tearful, queen, eyes, noble scorn), 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:pg78491:13:83 # text = The queen, as he departed, took his hand: Alone they stood: she spake: ‘That noble scorn Which spurned a bribe, approves a Firbolg’s worth: ’Twas Ailill sent that herald. ’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 Alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 compound _ _ 17 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 23 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spurned spurn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bribe bribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 approves approve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Firbolg Firbolg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 Ailill Ailill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 herald herald NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | past | Tearful | the queen *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme queen=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **take** | past | the queen | Tearful's hand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | eyes *= eye* | she spake | | | | alone *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speak=Stimulus | | 4 | **spurn** | past | that noble scorn | a bribe | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **approve** | present | | a Firbolg's worth | | | | | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Beneficiary | | 6 | **send** | past | Twas | that herald | | | | Ailill *nsubj* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herald=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)