--- title: Drawing a thousand thoughts into one noose Of woman-craft she sped,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Drawing a thousand thoughts into one noose Of woman-craft she sped, in silks arrayed; And came with speed, such speed as age may use, To where at chess the sentenced princes played In that high window; next one finger raised High as her brow; then round her peering gazed. 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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 (Levarcam, such speed, sentenced princes), 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:pg78491:6:57 # text = Drawing a thousand thoughts into one noose Of woman-craft she sped, in silks arrayed; And came with speed, such speed as age may use, To where at chess the sentenced princes played In that high window; next one finger raised High as her brow; then round her peering gazed. 1 Drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 noose noose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 Of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 silks silk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 arrayed array VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 To to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sentenced sentence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 39 In in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 47 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 54 round round ADP IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 57 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | thousand thoughts | | | | into one noose of woman craft *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thought=Patient into noose=Result | | 2 | **speed** | past | Levarcam | silks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Agent | | 3 | **array** | participle | | silks *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | | next one finger | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **use** | may | such speed as age | | | | | with speed | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sentence** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** | past | the sentenced princes | | | chess | | in that high window | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **raise** | participle | | next one finger *not said here* | | | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **peer** | gerund | Levarcam | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **gaze** | participle | | | | | then | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)