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title: Not all the themes were war: the fabler told Of Feale, the dusk-eyed… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Not all the themes were war: the fabler told Of Feale, the dusk-eyed beauty of the South, By Lewy won mid olive forests old: Such minstrelsies went freshening from his mouth That in his hand her own the princess placed, Nor feared, his wife, to dare the wan sea-waste. Who acts: fabler, Lewy, Such mi
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 57

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Not all the themes were war: the fabler told Of Feale, the dusk-eyed beauty of the South, By Lewy won mid olive forests old: Such minstrelsies went freshening from his mouth That in his hand her own the princess placed, Nor feared, his wife, to dare the wan sea-waste.

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**Who acts:** fabler, Lewy, Such minstrelsies, Nor · **What happens:** not be, tell, win, go, freshen, own · **To what, where:** themes war, Feale, That, hand, mouth, princess · **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 (fabler, Lewy, Such minstrelsies, Nor), 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:pg78491:3:57
# text = Not all the themes were war: the fabler told Of Feale, the dusk-eyed beauty of the South, By Lewy won mid olive forests old: Such minstrelsies went freshening from his mouth That in his hand her own the princess placed, Nor feared, his wife, to dare the wan sea-waste.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	themes	theme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fabler	fabler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Feale	Feale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	eyed	eyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	Lewy	Lewy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
26	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	27	compound	_	_
27	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl:unmarked	_	_
29	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
31	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	minstrelsies	minstrelsy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
33	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	parataxis	_	_
34	freshening	freshen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	xcomp	_	_
35	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
42	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	own	own	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	conj	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
57	wan	wan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
58	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past |  | themes war |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fabler |  | Feale |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feale=Recipient |
| 3 | **win** | past | Lewy |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** | past | Such minstrelsies | That |  | Lewy's hand |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **freshen** | gerund | Such minstrelsies *not said here* |  |  | Lewy's mouth |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **own** | infinitive | Such minstrelsies *not said here* | the princess |  |  |  | fabler *nmod:poss* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme |
| 7 | **place** | participle |  | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **fear** | past | Nor | Lewy's wife |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
| 9 | **dare** | to-infinitive | Such minstrelsies *not said here* | the wan sea waste |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waste=Recipient |

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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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