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title: ‘O would my Love were safe in some far isle, And I were like some sh… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘O would my Love were safe in some far isle, And I were like some shadow passed away; Yea, though some other liegeful wife, the while, Partook his board at eve, his chase by day: For I am that doomed Babe of long ago; And I on those fair Three have brought this woe! Who acts: Love, I, other liegeful
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 23

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‘O would my Love were safe in some far isle, And I were like some shadow passed away; Yea, though some other liegeful wife, the while, Partook his board at eve, his chase by day: For I am that doomed Babe of long ago; And I on those fair Three have brought this woe!

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**Who acts:** Love, I, other liegeful wife, my, day · **What happens:** be, pass away, partake, doom, bring, love · **To what, where:** far isle, board, eve, I, shadow

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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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Love, I, other liegeful wife, my), 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:pg78491:6:24
# text = ‘O would my Love were safe in some far isle, And I were like some shadow passed away; Yea, though some other liegeful wife, the while, Partook his board at eve, his chase by day: For I am that doomed Babe of long ago; And I on those fair Three have brought this woe!
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
20	away	away	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
22	Yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	33	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
24	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
25	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	28	det	_	_
26	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	liegeful	liegeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
33	Partook	partake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	eve	eve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
44	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
46	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux:pass	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
48	doomed	doom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
49	Babe	Babe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	52	advmod	_	_
52	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
54	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
55	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
56	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	59	nsubj	_	_
58	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	55	nmod	_	_
60	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
62	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	63	det	_	_
63	woe	woe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | my Love |  |  | some far isle |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like some shadow | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass away** | past | I |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **partake** | past | some other liegeful wife  the while | shadow's board |  | eve |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **doom** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  | Babe *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  |  |  | this woe *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination woe=Theme |
| 7 | **love** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **chase** |  | day | shadow |  |  |  |  | nom chase «act transitive»: poss=patient by=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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