--- title: The tender fairy hand, whose substance fine Glimmered as of compacte… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The tender fairy hand, whose substance fine Glimmered as of compacted moonbeams made With such a stealthy smoothness did it shine, Above the coverlet unquiet strayed; And some one said, ‘It knows the things to be, And seeks its wand of destined empery!’ Who acts: forehead, one. 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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 (forehead, one), 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:pg78491:2:87 # text = The tender fairy hand, whose substance fine Glimmered as of compacted moonbeams made With such a stealthy smoothness did it shine, Above the coverlet unquiet strayed; And some one said, ‘It knows the things to be, And seeks its wand of destined empery!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 fine fine AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 Glimmered glimmer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 compacted compact VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 moonbeams moonbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 With with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 stealthy stealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 smoothness smoothness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 shine shine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Above above ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 unquiet unquiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 28 strayed stray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 empery empery NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glimmer** | past · passive | | the tender fairy hand and the tender fairy hand and the tender fairy hand's substance's substance | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **compact** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **make** | participle | | compacted moonbeams *not said here* | | | | with such stealthy smoothness | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **shine** | past · do-support | forehead | the coverlet | | | | as compacted moonbeams | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme | | 5 | **stray** | participle | forehead *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | some one | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **know** | present | forehead | the things | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **seek** | present | | forehead's wand of destined empery | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme | | 10 | **destine** | participle | | | | | | | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)