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title: And how that beauteous phantom, Eadane, Had laid a hand like light u… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And how that beauteous phantom, Eadane, Had laid a hand like light upon his hair; And next, lest he should die of yearnings vain, Assumed a woman’s form, though woven of air; And borne him pretty babes within their bower; Yet ofttimes bade him ’ware the destined hour. Who acts: bower, yearnings, oft
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 60

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And how that beauteous phantom, Eadane, Had laid a hand like light upon his hair; And next, lest he should die of yearnings vain, Assumed a woman’s form, though woven of air; And borne him pretty babes within their bower; Yet ofttimes bade him ’ware the destined hour.

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**Who acts:** bower, yearnings, ofttimes bade, woman · **What happens:** lay, die, assume, bear, ware, destine · **To what, where:** beauteous phantom, woven, form, pretty babes, bower

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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 (bower, yearnings, ofttimes bade, woman), 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:pg78491:3:60
# text = And how that beauteous phantom, Eadane, Had laid a hand like light upon his hair; And next, lest he should die of yearnings vain, Assumed a woman’s form, though woven of air; And borne him pretty babes within their bower; Yet ofttimes bade him ’ware the destined hour.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	beauteous	beauteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	phantom	phantom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Eadane	Eadane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	Had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	next	next	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	yearnings	yearning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
28	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Assumed	assume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	woven	woven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
41	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	borne	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	babes	babe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	_
46	within	within	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	bower	bower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
50	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
51	ofttimes	ofttime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	compound	_	_
52	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	’	'	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	ware	ware	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	destined	destine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	amod	_	_
58	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	55	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past · perfect · passive |  | that beauteous phantom |  |  |  | like light upon Eadane's hair; a hand *obj*; next *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme hand=Destination |
| 2 | **die** | should | bower | woven of air |  |  |  | of yearnings | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of yearning=Causer |
| 3 | **assume** | participle | yearnings *not said here* | a woman's form |  |  |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 4 | **bear** | past | bower *not said here* | pretty babes | bower |  |  | within earth's bower | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary babe=Patient |
| 5 | **ware** | infinitive | ofttimes bade  bower |  |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **destine** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **form** |  | a woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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