--- title: With her abode an ancient dame, The tale-recounter of the royal cour… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: With her abode an ancient dame, The tale-recounter of the royal court In years departed; Levarcam her name: None other to that island made resort Save now and then treading the downward rocks Some shepherd with the firstling of his flocks. Who acts: you, Deirdré. 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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 (you, Deirdré), 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:pg78491:3:12 # text = With her abode an ancient dame, The tale-recounter of the royal court In years departed; Levarcam her name: None other to that island made resort Save now and then treading the downward rocks Some shepherd with the firstling of his flocks. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 recounter recounter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 In in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 Levarcam Levarcam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 None none ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 resort resort NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 Save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 treading tread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 downward downward NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 firstling firstling NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | participle | | years *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* | None other island made resort | | | now | with Deirdré's abode and a ancient dame and Deirdré's Levarcam name | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tread** | gerund | you *not said here* | the downward rocks | | | then | with the firstling of shepherd's flocks; some shepherd *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **name** | | Deirdré | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)