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title: And so by her great loving of those four Still from her husband won… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And so by her great loving of those four Still from her husband won she praises sweet And plaudits from his people more and more; Her own she called them: nor was this deceit: She loved them with a fitful love--a will To make them or to mar, for good or ill. Who acts: husband, child. A sentence of «
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 47

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And so by her great loving of those four Still from her husband won she praises sweet And plaudits from his people more and more; Her own she called them: nor was this deceit: She loved them with a fitful love--a will To make them or to mar, for good or ill.

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**Who acts:** husband, child · **What happens:** win, praise, call, be, love, make · **To what, where:** own, sweet plaudits, plaudits, deceit, good · **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 (husband, child), 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:pg78491:8:47
# text = And so by her great loving of those four Still from her husband won she praises sweet And plaudits from his people more and more; Her own she called them: nor was this deceit: She loved them with a fitful love--a will To make them or to mar, for good or ill.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	loving	loving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
10	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
23	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
27	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	_
29	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	36	cc	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
35	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
36	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
38	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	with	with	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	fitful	fitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	To	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	parataxis	_	_
50	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	mar	mar	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	obj	_	_
57	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | child's husband | child's own |  |  |  | by child's great loving of that four | tree rules |
| 2 | **praise** | present | child | sweet plaudits |  |  |  | from husband's people | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaudit=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | past | child | plaudits *= plaudit* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | this deceit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **love** | past | child | plaudits *= plaudit* |  |  |  | with a fitful love | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 6 | **make** | future |  | plaudits *= plaudit* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 7 | **mar** | to-infinitive |  | good |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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