--- title: The idea of fate enters into it as strongly as into any Greek play,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The idea of fate enters into it as strongly as into any Greek play, its heroine, the ‘Babe of Destiny,’ being, of all those who have a part in the tale, the one least subdued by that destiny which she strives in vain to avert. Who acts: idea, destiny. 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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 (idea, destiny), 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:pg78491:2:22 # text = The idea of fate enters into it as strongly as into any Greek play, its heroine, the ‘Babe of Destiny,’ being, of all those who have a part in the tale, the one least subdued by that destiny which she strives in vain to avert. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 13 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Babe Babe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Destiny Destiny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 30 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 least least ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 subdued subdue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 strives strive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 avert avert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | present | the idea of fate | | | fate | | as any Greek play and idea's heroine; strongly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into it=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of those | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | | a part | | the tale | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 4 | **subdue** | participle | | the one *not said here* | | | | by that destiny; least *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strive** | present | that destiny | vain | | | | Destiny *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **avert** | to-infinitive | that destiny *not said here* | | | | | | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)