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title: King Conor heard, ill-pleased, and yet well-pleased, And stood, befo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: King Conor heard, ill-pleased, and yet well-pleased, And stood, before him dangling still this thought At least then Naisi of his love is eased; And that proud minx has lost my realm for nought: Perhaps ’twere best to let old rancours pass: Kingdoms live on; but beauty fades like grass. Who acts: Ki
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 72

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King Conor heard, ill-pleased, and yet well-pleased, And stood, before him dangling still this thought At least then Naisi of his love is eased; And that proud minx has lost my realm for nought: Perhaps ’twere best to let old rancours pass: Kingdoms live on; but beauty fades like grass.

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**Who acts:** King, old rancours, Kingdoms, beauty · **What happens:** hear, stand, dangle, ease, lose, let · **To what, where:** thought, Naisi, proud minx · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (King, old rancours, Kingdoms, beauty), 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:pg78491:6:73
# text = King Conor heard, ill-pleased, and yet well-pleased, And stood, before him dangling still this thought At least then Naisi of his love is eased; And that proud minx has lost my realm for nought: Perhaps ’twere best to let old rancours pass: Kingdoms live on; but beauty fades like grass.
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	dangling	dangle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
21	still	still	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	At	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	obl	_	_
26	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
27	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	eased	ease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
35	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
36	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	minx	minx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	advcl	_	_
40	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	’	'	X	GW	_	48	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	twere	twere	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	ccomp	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	csubj	_	_
51	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	rancours	rancour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj	_	_
53	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
55	Kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nsubj	_	_
56	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	ccomp	_	_
57	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
61	fades	fade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
62	like	like	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stand** | past | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dangle** | gerund | king | this thought |  |  | still |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thought=Theme |
| 4 | **ease** | present · passive |  | Naisi of king's love |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | that proud minx |  |  |  | for nought; my realm *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **let** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **pass** | present | old rancours |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **live on** | present | Kingdoms |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **fade** | present | beauty |  |  |  |  | like grass | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 10 | **love** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=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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