--- title: Yet oft he came, watching that flower of beauty That still from crud… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet oft he came, watching that flower of beauty That still from crude, reluctant bud emerged; And citing still past vow, and future duty Impledged thereby; and still with presents urged; And ever reaped for such more scoffs than gain-- Officious is his zeal whose hope is vain! 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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 (man, Officious, hope), 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:pg78491:3:22 # text = Yet oft he came, watching that flower of beauty That still from crude, reluctant bud emerged; And citing still past vow, and future duty Impledged thereby; and still with presents urged; And ever reaped for such more scoffs than gain-- Officious is his zeal whose hope is vain! 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 crude crude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 reluctant reluctant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bud bud NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 emerged emerge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 citing cite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 29 Impledged impledg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 36 urged urge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 reaped reap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 amod _ _ 44 scoffs scoff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Officious Officious PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 zeal zeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 52 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | man *not said here* | that flower of beauty from crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 3 | **emerge** | participle | | crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud beauty from crude reluctant bud *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cite** | gerund | | past vow | | | | future duty *parataxis* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | | 5 | **impledg** | participle | | future duty *not said here* | | | | thereby *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **urge** | participle | | presents *not said here* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **reap** | participle | | | | | ever | for such more scoffs than gain | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | present | Officious | man's zeal | | | | man *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | hope | | | | | vain *property* | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)