--- title: As in a dream The maiden watched it long: at last she spake, Whilst… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: As in a dream The maiden watched it long: at last she spake, Whilst o’er her grave face ran a laughing gleam, ‘These be Love’s colours, black and red, and white;-- Yet love we know, is nought, when judged aright! Who acts: maiden, These, we. 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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 (maiden, These, we), 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:pg78491:3:66 # text = As in a dream The maiden watched it long: at last she spake, Whilst o’er her grave face ran a laughing gleam, ‘These be Love’s colours, black and red, and white;-- Yet love we know, is nought, when judged aright! 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 compound _ _ 14 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 Whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 29 Love Love PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 50 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 51 aright aright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | the maiden | dream | | | | as a dream; last she spake *obl*; long *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as dream=Value | | 2 | **run** | past | the maiden *not said here* | a laughing gleam | | | | o'er breath's grave face | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gleam=Trajectory | | 3 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | These | Love's colours | | | | Love *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | we | love *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | present | the maiden *not said here* | nought | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **judge** | participle | | | | | | aright *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)