--- title: That Scandinavian tale has a keen-edged, concentrated might about it… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That Scandinavian tale has a keen-edged, concentrated might about it, together with, at least in Mr. Morris’s translation, a corresponding force and an exquisite beauty of style; and in these respects I think it superior to the ‘Tain:’ but the latter will probably be deemed by impartial readers to h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/31/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/) / 31 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 31 That Scandinavian tale has a keen-edged, concentrated might about it, together with, at least in Mr. Morris’s translation, a corresponding force and an exquisite beauty of style; and in these respects I think it superior to the ‘Tain:’ but the latter will probably be deemed by impartial readers to have the advantage in imagination, varied conception of character, and pathos. **Who acts:** Scandinavian tale, I, impartial readers, Morris · **What happens:** have, edge, concentrate, correspond, think, deem · **To what, where:** translation, least, respects, latter, advantage, imagination This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scandinavian tale, I, impartial readers, Morris), 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:pg78491:2:31 # text = That Scandinavian tale has a keen-edged, concentrated might about it, together with, at least in Mr. Morris’s translation, a corresponding force and an exquisite beauty of style; and in these respects I think it superior to the ‘Tain:’ but the latter will probably be deemed by impartial readers to have the advantage in imagination, varied conception of character, and pathos. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 Scandinavian scandinavian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 6 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 edged edge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 concentrated concentrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 nmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Morris Morris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 corresponding correspond VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 exquisite exquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 style style NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Tain tain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' SYM SYM Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 probably probably ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 deemed deem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 impartial impartial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 varied varied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 conception conception NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 pathos pathos NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | that Scandinavian tale | Morris Mr.'s translation | | least | | | tree rules | | 2 | **edge** | participle | that Scandinavian tale *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **concentrate** | participle | that Scandinavian tale *not said here* | | | | | tale *obl:agent* | vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **correspond** | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | translation | | this respects | | superior *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **deem** | future · passive | impartial readers | the latter | | | | probably *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | impartial readers *not said here* | the advantage | | imagination and varied conception of character and pathos | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Patient | | 8 | **translate** | | Morris Mr. | | | | | | nom translation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **conceive** | | | character | | | | | nom conception «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)