--- title: Of his toils Nought spake he; but their hearts who saw him swelled A… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Of his toils Nought spake he; but their hearts who saw him swelled And many marvelled why they late were sad: Again the laugh; again the tale; the song-- Then came a change. Who acts: hearts, Ere, many, toils. 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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 (hearts, Ere, many, toils), 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:pg78491:15:135 # text = Of his toils Nought spake he; but their hearts who saw him swelled And many marvelled why they late were sad: Again the laugh; again the tale; the song-- Then came a change. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 toils toil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 compound _ _ 5 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 17 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 late late VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | toils's hearts | Ere | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **swell** | past | Ere | Ere's Nought spake toils *not said here* | | | | toils's hearts *nsubj* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient speak=Extent | | 3 | **marvell** | past | many | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **late** | past | toils *= toil* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | of Ere's Nought spake toils; the laugh *conj*; the tale and the song *conj*; sad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | | a change | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location change=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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/134/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)