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title: Blessing then too That Well diffused, they say; for from its brink A… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Blessing then too That Well diffused, they say; for from its brink A runnel o’er the pebbles ran with sound So sweetly tuned that on the warrior sank Deep seal of peace divine. Who acts: Fedelm, pebbles. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 214

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Blessing then too That Well diffused, they say; for from its brink A runnel o’er the pebbles ran with sound So sweetly tuned that on the warrior sank Deep seal of peace divine.

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**Who acts:** Fedelm, pebbles · **What happens:** bless, diffuse, say, run, tune, sink · **To what, where:** That, runnel o’er, Deep seal, warrior · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fedelm, pebbles), 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:pg78491:15:216
# text = Blessing then too That Well diffused, they say; for from its brink A runnel o’er the pebbles ran with sound So sweetly tuned that on the warrior sank Deep seal of peace divine.
1	Blessing	bless	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	mark	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	Well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	diffused	diffuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	brink	brink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
15	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	runnel	runnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	o’er	o'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	So	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	tuned	tune	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
27	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
30	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
31	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **diffuse** | participle · passive |  | That |  |  | then | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Fedelm |  |  |  |  | a runnel o’er for saint's brink *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **run** | past | the pebbles | a runnel o’er for saint's brink *not said here* |  |  |  | with sound | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent o'er=Product with sound=Material |
| 5 | **tune** | past | the pebbles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sweetly *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **sink** | past | the pebbles *not said here* | Deep seal of peace divine |  | the warrior |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seal=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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