--- title: He spake: ‘She shall not die: this babe I take, My ward, until her d… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He spake: ‘She shall not die: this babe I take, My ward, until her destinies be known: An isle tower-girt is mine in yonder lake: There shall she live; and there shall live alone: By none that fatal beauty shall be seen: Full-grown the maid perchance may be my queen.’ Who acts: She, I, isle tower gi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/1/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/) / 1 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 1 He spake: ‘She shall not die: this babe I take, My ward, until her destinies be known: An isle tower-girt is mine in yonder lake: There shall she live; and there shall live alone: By none that fatal beauty shall be seen: Full-grown the maid perchance may be my queen.’ **Who acts:** She, I, isle tower girt, none · **What happens:** not die, take, know, be, live, see · **To what, where:** babe, destinies, mine, lake, fatal beauty, maid perchance This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (She, I, isle tower girt, none), 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:pg78491:3:1 # text = He spake: ‘She shall not die: this babe I take, My ward, until her destinies be known: An isle tower-girt is mine in yonder lake: There shall she live; and there shall live alone: By none that fatal beauty shall be seen: Full-grown the maid perchance may be my queen.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 destinies destiny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 26 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 girt girt NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 44 alone alone ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 By by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 64 nsubj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **die** | shall | She | this babe and My ward | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **take** | present | I | this babe and My ward *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babe=Theme | | 3 | **know** | infinitive · passive | | her destinies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | a isle tower girt | mine | | lake | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | shall | she | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **live** | shall | | | | there | | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | shall · passive | | fatal beauty | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **grow** | participle | | the maid perchance | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location perchance=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | may | none | my queen | | | | my *nmod:poss* | 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: [Opening, part 2, 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/95/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)