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title: On whom the new queen cast a glance oblique One moment’s space; then… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: On whom the new queen cast a glance oblique One moment’s space; then, flinging wide her arms, With instinct changed, and impulse lightning-like, Clasped them in turn and wondered at their charms, And cried, ‘If e’er a stepmother could love I of that tribe renowned will tenderest prove.’ Who acts: ne
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 46

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On whom the new queen cast a glance oblique One moment’s space; then, flinging wide her arms, With instinct changed, and impulse lightning-like, Clasped them in turn and wondered at their charms, And cried, ‘If e’er a stepmother could love I of that tribe renowned will tenderest prove.’

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**Who acts:** new queen, stepmother, I · **What happens:** cast, fling, change, impulse, clasp, wonder · **To what, where:** glance oblique, arms, instinct, turn, charms, tenderest · **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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new queen, stepmother, I), 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:pg78491:8:46
# text = On whom the new queen cast a glance oblique One moment’s space; then, flinging wide her arms, With instinct changed, and impulse lightning-like, Clasped them in turn and wondered at their charms, And cried, ‘If e’er a stepmother could love I of that tribe renowned will tenderest prove.’
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	glance	glance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	oblique	oblique	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	’s	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	flinging	fling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
18	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	With	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
24	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	impulse	impulse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
28	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	Clasped	clasp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	charms	charm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
45	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
47	e’er	e'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	advcl	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
50	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	ccomp	_	_
52	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
55	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
56	renowned	renown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	parataxis	_	_
57	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	tenderest	tender	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	56	obl	_	_
59	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past | the new queen | a glance oblique |  |  |  | whom *obl*; One moment's space *obj* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent oblique=Beneficiary space=Product |
| 2 | **fling** | gerund | the new queen *not said here* | child's arms |  |  | then | with instinct | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 3 | **change** | participle |  | instinct *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **impulse** | present | the new queen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **clasp** | past | the new queen *not said here* | arms *= arm* |  | turn |  |  | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the new queen *not said here* |  |  | arms's charms |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the new queen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **love** | could | a stepmother |  |  |  |  | e’er *advcl* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **renown** | past | I | tenderest |  |  |  | of that tribe | tree rules |
| 10 | **prove** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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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