--- title: At last he spake, ‘This day a woe to man, And yet the crown of woman… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: At last he spake, ‘This day a woe to man, And yet the crown of woman’s kind, is born: This day is sent a blessing and a ban; She shall be black as night, and white as morn; And lo, upon her cheek I see such red As stains great warriors on the war-field dead. Who acts: Infant, I. 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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 (Infant, I), 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:pg78491:2:92 # text = At last he spake, ‘This day a woe to man, And yet the crown of woman’s kind, is born: This day is sent a blessing and a ban; She shall be black as night, and white as morn; And lo, upon her cheek I see such red As stains great warriors on the war-field dead. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP TO _ 12 case _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 yet yet ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ban ban NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 parataxis _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 lo lo INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 56 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 58 As as ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 stains stain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 60 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 64 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 67 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | | | last spake O’er and a day woe to man and the crown of woman's kind | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **send** | present · passive | | a blessing and a ban | | | day | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: blessing=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | Infant | | | | night | black *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | Infant *not said here* | | | | | as morn | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | present | I | red great warriors | | the war field | | upon Infant's cheek | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warrior=Stimulus | | 6 | **crown** | | | woman's kind | | | | | nom crown «communication 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)