--- title: Once more with skill Plastic as wind in woods, a measured strength V… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Once more with skill Plastic as wind in woods, a measured strength Varying as minstrel’s hand that grazes now Now sweeps the tenderer or the deeper strings, To all the passions of the heart of man Glory, Ambition, Love, Revenge, she tuned The modulations of her passionate strain; While half the rich --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/129/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/) / 129 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 129 Once more with skill Plastic as wind in woods, a measured strength Varying as minstrel’s hand that grazes now Now sweeps the tenderer or the deeper strings, To all the passions of the heart of man Glory, Ambition, Love, Revenge, she tuned The modulations of her passionate strain; While half the richness theirs aforetime throbbed Again in those sad accents, half their light-- For oft from out the present shines a past Long dead--returned to eyes that, seen of none, Had wept away their splendours. **Who acts:** measured strength, hand, Rochad, modulations, eyes · **What happens:** measure, vary, graze, sweep, tune, richness · **To what, where:** tenderer, passions, modulations, sad accents, present, splendours This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (measured strength, hand, Rochad, modulations), 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:pg78491:14:131 # text = Once more with skill Plastic as wind in woods, a measured strength Varying as minstrel’s hand that grazes now Now sweeps the tenderer or the deeper strings, To all the passions of the heart of man Glory, Ambition, Love, Revenge, she tuned The modulations of her passionate strain; While half the richness theirs aforetime throbbed Again in those sad accents, half their light-- For oft from out the present shines a past Long dead--returned to eyes that, seen of none, Had wept away their splendours. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 2 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 Plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 14 Varying vary VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 minstrel minstrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grazes graze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 sweeps sweep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tenderer tenderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 To to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 passions passion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Ambition ambition NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Love Love PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Revenge Revenge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 tuned tune VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 50 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 modulations modulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 passionate passionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 57 While while SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 60 det:predet _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 richness richness NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 61 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 62 aforetime aforetime ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 throbbed throb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 64 Again again ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 67 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 accents accent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 72 det:predet _ _ 71 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 -- -- PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 For for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 parataxis _ _ 76 from from ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 out out ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 80 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 parataxis _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 Long Long ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 84 nsubj _ _ 84 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 85 -- -- PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 84 conj _ _ 87 to to ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obl _ _ 89 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 91 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 91 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 88 acl:relcl _ _ 92 of of ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 93 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 91 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 95 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 96 aux _ _ 96 wept weep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 conj _ _ 97 away away ADV RB _ 96 advmod _ _ 98 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 99 nmod:poss _ _ 99 splendours splendour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 96 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | participle | | | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **vary** | gerund | a measured strength *not said here* | | | | | as minstrel's hand | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **graze** | present | minstrel's hand | | | | now | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sweep** | present | a measured strength | the tenderer or the deeper strings | | all passions of the heart of man Glory and Ambition | now | as wind in woods | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tenderer=Theme to passion=Trajectory | | 5 | **tune** | past | Rochad | the modulations of Rochad's passionate strain | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **richness** | | modulations *= modulation* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **throb** | past | Rochad *not said here* | | | that sad accents and modulations's light | again | aforetime *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in accent=Location | | 8 | **shine** | present | | | | the present | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **return** | participle | | | | | | to eyes *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to eye=Result | | 10 | **see** | participle | eyes | | | | | of none | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **weep away** | past · perfect | Rochad *not said here* | modulations's splendours | | | | away *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent splendour=Theme | | 13 | **modulate** | | | Rochad's passionate strain | | | | | nom modulation «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 14 | **strain** | | Rochad | | | | | | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | | 15 | **light** | | modulations *= modulation* | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/130/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)