--- title: ‘The choice is thine, not his; and this that choice; For a feast’s s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The choice is thine, not his; and this that choice; For a feast’s sake to cast from thee thy charge, Subject and servile to a courtier’s voice; Or spurn that feast, and walk, a soul at large.’ Who acts: choice, thy. 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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 (choice, thy), 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:pg78491:6:9 # text = ‘The choice is thine, not his; and this that choice; For a feast’s sake to cast from thee thy charge, Subject and servile to a courtier’s voice; Or spurn that feast, and walk, a soul at large.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 For for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 servile servile NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 courtier courtier NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 spurn spurn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the choice and this choice and a feast's sake *not said here* | lord | | | | thine *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **cast** | to-infinitive | | thy charge and Subject and servile | | thee | | to a courtier's voice | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent charge=Theme from thou=Initial\_Location to voice=Destination | | 3 | **spurn** | infinitive | | that feast | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | | a soul | | large | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at large=Trajectory | | 6 | **charge** | | thy | | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)