--- title: ‘For I remember once in yonder wood My nurse, to mock me, hid her in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘For I remember once in yonder wood My nurse, to mock me, hid her in an oak, Whilst idly I a dragon-fly pursued: I missed her soon: I wept: then forth she broke! Who acts: I, child. 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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 (I, child), 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:pg78491:3:35 # text = ‘For I remember once in yonder wood My nurse, to mock me, hid her in an oak, Whilst idly I a dragon-fly pursued: I missed her soon: I wept: then forth she broke! 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 mock mock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 idly idly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 forth forth ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | present | I | My nurse | | | | once *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **mock** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | past | I *not said here* | child | | a oak | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in oak=Location | | 4 | **pursue** | past | I | | | | | a dragon fly *nsubj*; idly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **miss** | past | I | child | | | | soon *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **weep** | past | I | | | | then | forth *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **break** | past | child | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)