--- title: ‘There lies,’ he mused, ‘that wondrous-countenanced child, Like some… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘There lies,’ he mused, ‘that wondrous-countenanced child, Like some poor bird a captive from its birth, In that lone island year by year exiled: How little she suspects her grace and worth! Who acts: lies, that, bird. 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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 (lies, that, bird), 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:pg78491:4:18 # text = ‘There lies,’ he mused, ‘that wondrous-countenanced child, Like some poor bird a captive from its birth, In that lone island year by year exiled: How little she suspects her grace and worth! 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 mused muse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 countenanced countenance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 Like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 captive captive NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 In in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 lone lone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 30 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 exiled exile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 36 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 suspects suspect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **muse** | past | lies There | a captive | | captive's birth | | like some poor bird; Silent *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **countenance** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **child** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **exile** | past | lies There *not said here* | | | that lone island | year | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **suspect** | present | bird | bird's grace and worth | | | | little *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent grace=Attribute | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)