--- title: While thus the tales ran on, the years ran by, Tales, some of sadnes… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: While thus the tales ran on, the years ran by, Tales, some of sadness, some of mirth and jest, Till now the child to maiden prime was nigh: The tales of war and wonder pleased her best: The love-tales well began, no doubt: yet all Ended, she thought, in something slight and small. 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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 (tales, years, child, love tales), 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:pg78491:3:62 # text = While thus the tales ran on, the years ran by, Tales, some of sadness, some of mirth and jest, Till now the child to maiden prime was nigh: The tales of war and wonder pleased her best: The love-tales well began, no doubt: yet all Ended, she thought, in something slight and small. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 13 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 13 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 mirth mirth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 jest jest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 25 Till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 prime prime NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 nigh nigh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 50 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 55 yet yet ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 obl _ _ 57 Ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 60 obj _ _ 64 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run on** | past | the tales | | | | | thus *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | the years | | | | | by Tales | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tale=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | past | the child to maiden prime | | | | now | the tales of war child's pleased best and wonder *conj*; nigh *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | the love tales | no doubt | | | | all *obl*; well *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Eventuality | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | child | something | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | | 6 | **tell** | | war | | | | | | nom tale «communication 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)