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title: Of Scota next she told, the widowed Queen; And how that sad one left… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of Scota next she told, the widowed Queen; And how that sad one left her lonely throne Girt by eight sons; and how, with eye serene, She marked above the wine-black ocean prone The monsters rise; nor feared to watch the wave Heaven-high, anon descending to its grave. Who acts: Scota, sad one, monste
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 52

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Of Scota next she told, the widowed Queen; And how that sad one left her lonely throne Girt by eight sons; and how, with eye serene, She marked above the wine-black ocean prone The monsters rise; nor feared to watch the wave Heaven-high, anon descending to its grave.

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**Who acts:** Scota, sad one, monsters, anon · **What happens:** tell, widow, leave, mark, rise, fear · **To what, where:** Queen, lonely throne, black ocean prone, wave, grave · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Scota, sad one, monsters, anon), 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:pg78491:3:52
# text = Of Scota next she told, the widowed Queen; And how that sad one left her lonely throne Girt by eight sons; and how, with eye serene, She marked above the wine-black ocean prone The monsters rise; nor feared to watch the wave Heaven-high, anon descending to its grave.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Scota	Scota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	widowed	widow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
14	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	Girt	Girt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
26	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
30	serene	serene	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
34	above	above	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
36	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
39	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	prone	prone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
41	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
43	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	46	cc	_	_
46	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	anon	anon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
56	descending	descend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	55	acl	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Scota |  |  |  |  | of Scota; next *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **widow** | participle |  | Queen |  |  |  |  | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | past | that sad one | Scota's lonely throne |  |  |  | by eight sons | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent throne=Theme by son=Location |
| 4 | **mark** | past | Scota |  |  | the black ocean prone |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent above prone=Destination |
| 5 | **rise** | present | the monsters | the black ocean prone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prone=Theme |
| 6 | **fear** | past | Scota *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **watch** | to-infinitive | Scota *not said here* | the wave |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme |
| 8 | **descend** | gerund | anon *not said here* |  |  | anon's grave |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to grave=Location |

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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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