--- title: There was to be again a Ruth out of Moab, one not gleaning amid the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: There was to be again a Ruth out of Moab, one not gleaning amid the fields of promise, but scattering their earliest seed; a Gentile with a faith not found in Israel, yet an Israelite indeed. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Openi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/8/) [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/) / 8 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 8 There was to be again a Ruth out of Moab, one not gleaning amid the fields of promise, but scattering their earliest seed; a Gentile with a faith not found in Israel, yet an Israelite indeed. **What happens:** be, not glean, scatter, not find · **To what, where:** Moab, Ruth, amid, earliest seed, Gentile, Israel 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: 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:pg78491:2:8 # text = There was to be again a Ruth out of Moab, one not gleaning amid the fields of promise, but scattering their earliest seed; a Gentile with a faith not found in Israel, yet an Israelite indeed. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Ruth Ruth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 appos _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 gleaning glean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 scattering scatter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Gentile gentile NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Israelite Israelite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | | | | Moab; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out moab=Location | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a Ruth | | | again | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **glean** | gerund | | amid the fields of promise | | | | | vn learn-14-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amid=Topic | | 4 | **scatter** | gerund | | fields's earliest seed | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme | | 5 | **not** **find** | participle · passive | | a Gentile | | Israel | | with a faith; a Israelite *obl*; indeed *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)