--- title: The other visitor she better loved, A Druid, silver-headed: to her i… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The other visitor she better loved, A Druid, silver-headed: to her isle Daily he came, a teacher well-approved; And much he taught her, with his grave calm smile Advancing still into his pupil’s heart: To elicit thence, he knew, was to impart. 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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 (Officious, Druid, other visitor, grave calm smile), 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:pg78491:3:23 # text = The other visitor she better loved, A Druid, silver-headed: to her isle Daily he came, a teacher well-approved; And much he taught her, with his grave calm smile Advancing still into his pupil’s heart: To elicit thence, he knew, was to impart. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 visitor visitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Druid druid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 18 Daily daily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 approved approve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 39 Advancing advance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 To to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 elicit elicit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 49 thence thence ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 impart impart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | Officious | the other visitor and a Druid and Officious's isle and a teacher *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visitor=Stimulus | | 2 | **head** | participle | | a Druid *not said here* | | | | silver *compound* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | Druid | Officious's isle and a teacher *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location isle=Theme | | 4 | **approve** | participle | | a teacher *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the other visitor and a Druid and Officious's isle and a teacher | | Officious | | | Druid *nsubj*; Druid's grave calm smile *conj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **advance** | gerund | Druid's grave calm smile *not said here* | | | Druid's pupil's heart | still | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into heart=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **elicit** | to-infinitive | | | | | | thence *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition | | 8 | **know** | past | Druid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | impart *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **smile** | | Druid | | | | | | nom smile «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)