--- title: Meantime with Levarcam King Conor spake; ‘Forth, since I spared thy… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime with Levarcam King Conor spake; ‘Forth, since I spared thy life when Deirdré fled, And tidings bring me whether, for love’s sake, Yet lives her beauty on that False One’s head: The girl hath known rough skies and scanty board:’ Then Levarcam went forth, with wiles well stored. 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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 (I, Deirdré, tidings, girl), 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:pg78491:6:56 # text = Meantime with Levarcam King Conor spake; ‘Forth, since I spared thy life when Deirdré fled, And tidings bring me whether, for love’s sake, Yet lives her beauty on that False One’s head: The girl hath known rough skies and scanty board:’ Then Levarcam went forth, with wiles well stored. 1 Meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 Levarcam Levarcam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Forth forth ADV RB _ 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 since since SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 whether whether SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 27 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 45 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 46 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 scanty scanty NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ _ 53 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 54 Levarcam Levarcam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 56 forth forth ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 wiles wile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 60 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 61 advmod _ _ 61 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** | past | I | thy life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 2 | **flee** | past | Deirdré | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | present | tidings | | me | | | love's sake *advcl* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 4 | **live** | present | tidings *not said here* | Love's beauty | | False One that's head | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme beauty=Location | | 5 | **have** | present | the girl | known rough skies and scanty board | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Patient | | 6 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **go** | past | Levarcam | | | | then | with wiles; forth *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with wile=Beneficiary | | 8 | **store** | participle | | wiles *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)