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title: Inquisitive the creature was, and brave: From rock to rock alone she… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Inquisitive the creature was, and brave: From rock to rock alone she roamed; untaught She knew to climb the tree and swim the wave; Soaring and swift, for knowledge still she sought, Nor sought in vain, far wiser than she wist; Infantine minstrel, and mythologist. Who acts: Inquisitive creature, Dei
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 15

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Inquisitive the creature was, and brave: From rock to rock alone she roamed; untaught She knew to climb the tree and swim the wave; Soaring and swift, for knowledge still she sought, Nor sought in vain, far wiser than she wist; Infantine minstrel, and mythologist.

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**Who acts:** Inquisitive creature, Deirdré, Soaring · **What happens:** be, roam, unteach, know, climb, swim · **To what, where:** rock, tree, wave, knowledge, vain

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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 (Inquisitive creature, Deirdré, Soaring), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:3:15
# text = Inquisitive the creature was, and brave: From rock to rock alone she roamed; untaught She knew to climb the tree and swim the wave; Soaring and swift, for knowledge still she sought, Nor sought in vain, far wiser than she wist; Infantine minstrel, and mythologist.
1	Inquisitive	inquisitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
9	From	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
17	untaught	unteach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
29	Soaring	Soaring	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
35	still	still	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	45	advmod	_	_
45	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	40	parataxis	_	_
46	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	wist	wist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
50	Infantine	infantine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	mythologist	mythologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Inquisitive creature |  |  |  |  | Infantine minstrel and mythologist *conj*; brave *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roam** | past | Deirdré | rock *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rock=Trajectory |
| 3 | **unteach** | past | the Inquisitive creature *not said here* |  |  | rock to rock |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | past | Deirdré |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **climb** | to-infinitive | Deirdré *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 6 | **swim** | present | Deirdré *not said here* | the wave |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wave=Trajectory |
| 7 | **seek** | past | Deirdré | knowledge *not said here* |  |  | still |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme |
| 8 | **seek** | past | Soaring and swift |  |  | vain |  | Nor *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in vain=Location |
| 9 | **wist** | present | Deirdré |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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