--- title: She had never loved: Self-love, sole regent of the unloving heart, H… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She had never loved: Self-love, sole regent of the unloving heart, Had barred it ’gainst all other tenderer loves: In vain the island chiefs had wooed and sued: She spurned them each and all. Who acts: Vanity, other tenderer. 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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 (Vanity, other tenderer), 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:pg78491:14:114 # text = She had never loved: Self-love, sole regent of the unloving heart, Had barred it ’gainst all other tenderer loves: In vain the island chiefs had wooed and sued: She spurned them each and all. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 Self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 regent regent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 unloving unlov VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 gainst gain ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 obl:agent _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 tenderer tenderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 In in SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 vain vain SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 wooed woo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 sued sue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 spurned spurn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **love** | past · perfect | Vanity | Self love and sole regent of the unloving heart | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **unlov** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bar** | past · perfect | Vanity *not said here* | love | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme | | 4 | **love** | present | all other tenderer | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **woo** | past · perfect · passive | | the island chiefs | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **sue** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spurn** | past | Vanity | others *= other* | | | | | tree rules | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/113/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)