--- title: The Druid answered, dubious, still refining With stress and strain o… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The Druid answered, dubious, still refining With stress and strain of profluent words that left The problem’s jet-black surface smooth and shining But ne’er the mystery’s heart of marble cleft, And ended; ‘God is God:--but ah, the woe! Who acts: Druid, stress, profluent words. 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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 (Druid, stress, profluent words), 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:pg78491:3:30 # text = The Druid answered, dubious, still refining With stress and strain of profluent words that left The problem’s jet-black surface smooth and shining But ne’er the mystery’s heart of marble cleft, And ended; ‘God is God:--but ah, the woe! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Druid Druid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 dubious dubious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 refining refine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 With with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 profluent profluent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 jet jet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 25 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 28 But but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 ne’er ne' ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 amod _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 ah ah INTJ UH _ 51 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Druid | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **refine** | gerund | the Druid *not said here* | | | | still | with stress and strain of profluent words; smooth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with stress=Instrument | | 3 | **leave** | past | stress and strain of profluent words | the problem's jet black surface | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Theme | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | the Druid *not said here* | the mystery's heart of marble cleft | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 5 | **end** | past | the Druid *not said here* | the woe | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | present | | God God | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **strain** | | profluent words | | | | | | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)