--- title: It was that season when the maiden’s heart, Though guarded, faster b… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It was that season when the maiden’s heart, Though guarded, faster beats against its bound; When Love’s long hidden fount, by happier art Divined, is nearer to the surface found: When to the faded cheek returns its bloom; And tears less bitter stain the flower-decked tomb. 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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 (star, season, Love, long hidden fount), 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:pg78491:4:92 # text = It was that season when the maiden’s heart, Though guarded, faster beats against its bound; When Love’s long hidden fount, by happier art Divined, is nearer to the surface found: When to the faded cheek returns its bloom; And tears less bitter stain the flower-decked tomb. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 beats beat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 21 Love Love PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 long long ADJ RB Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 fount fount NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 30 Divined divine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 When when SCONJ WRB _ 44 mark _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 44 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 tears tear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 50 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 51 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 nsubj _ _ 52 stain stain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 amod _ _ 57 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | star | season | | | | the maiden's heart *nmod* | tree rules | | 2 | **guard** | participle | season *not said here* | faster beats against star's bound | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hide** | participle | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | Love | long hidden fount | | | | happier art *parataxis* | tree rules | | 5 | **divine** | participle | | happier art *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | Love *not said here* | | | | | to the surface; near *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | past | long hidden fount | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **return** | present | | star's bloom | | the faded cheek | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bloom=Theme to cheek=Destination | | 10 | **tear** | present | long hidden fount *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **stain** | present | bitter | the decked tomb | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tomb=Destination | | 12 | **deck** | participle | | | | | | flower *compound* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **bloom** | | star | | | | | | nom bloom «process intransitive»: poss=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)