--- title: If e’er from thee Or child or stripling, help or love I gat; My craf… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: If e’er from thee Or child or stripling, help or love I gat; My craft has futile proved: my legions flee; Yet magic power, we know, can level flat All power of man in one brief moment’s space: Slay me, or spare my kingdom this disgrace!’ Who acts: e’er, craft, legions, we. 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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 (e’er, craft, legions, we), 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:pg78491:7:45 # text = If e’er from thee Or child or stripling, help or love I gat; My craft has futile proved: my legions flee; Yet magic power, we know, can level flat All power of man in one brief moment’s space: Slay me, or spare my kingdom this disgrace!’ 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 2 e’er e'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod _ _ 5 Or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stripling stripling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gat gat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 16 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 futile futile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 legions legion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 flee flee VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 level level VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 35 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 disgrace disgrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gat** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | e’er from thee or child or stripling and help or love | | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | My craft | | | | | futile *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prove** | participle | My craft *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **flee** | present | my legions | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **level** | can | magic power | all flat power of man in one brief moment's space | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 7 | **slay** | infinitive | magic power *not said here* | me | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 8 | **spare** | infinitive | magic power *not said here* | my kingdom | | | | this disgrace *obj* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent kingdom=Recipient disgrace=Asset | | 9 | **craft** | | My | | | | | | nom craft «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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)