--- title: She moved amid the crafty as a child; Amid the lawless, chaste as un… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She moved amid the crafty as a child; Amid the lawless, chaste as unsunned maid; Amid the unsparing, as a turtle mild; Wondering at wrong; too gentle to upbraid: Yet many a fell resolve, as she rode by, Died at its birth--the ill-thinker knew not why! Who acts: e’er, many, ill thinker. 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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, many, ill thinker), 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:pg78491:8:10 # text = She moved amid the crafty as a child; Amid the lawless, chaste as unsunned maid; Amid the unsparing, as a turtle mild; Wondering at wrong; too gentle to upbraid: Yet many a fell resolve, as she rode by, Died at its birth--the ill-thinker knew not why! 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Amid Amid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 12 lawless lawless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 chaste chaste ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 unsunned unsunned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Amid Amid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 unsparing unsparing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 advcl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 upbraid upbraid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 nsubj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 resolve resolve NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 thinker thinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 59 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | e’er *= e'er* | amid | | | | as a child; Amid *obl*; the unsparing *obj*; crafty *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent amid=Theme unsparing=Result | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | e’er *= e'er* *not said here* | | | wrong | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **upbraid** | to-infinitive | e’er *= e'er* *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall** | past | many | resolve | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient resolve=Result | | 5 | **ride by** | past | e’er *= e'er* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** | past | e’er *= e'er* *not said here* | | | turtle's birth | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **not** **know** | past | the ill thinker | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)