--- title: She wooed them still with shows, with flowers, with fruit; Daily for… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She wooed them still with shows, with flowers, with fruit; Daily for them new sports she sought and found: Yet, if their father praised them, she was mute, And, when he placed them on his knee, she frowned, Murmuring, ‘How blue their eyes! their cheek how pale! Who acts: child, father. 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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 (child, father), 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:pg78491:8:48 # text = She wooed them still with shows, with flowers, with fruit; Daily for them new sports she sought and found: Yet, if their father praised them, she was mute, And, when he placed them on his knee, she frowned, Murmuring, ‘How blue their eyes! their cheek how pale! 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wooed woo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shows show NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 Daily daily ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Yet yet ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 mute mute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 frowned frown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Murmuring Murmuring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 53 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 59 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 60 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **woo** | past | child | plaudits *= plaudit* | | | still | with shows and flowers and fruit; plaudits's cheek *obj*; pale *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | past | child | | | | | for new sports plaudits; daily *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for sport=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | child *not said here* | | | | yet | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **praise** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | plaudits's father | plaudits *= plaudit* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | child | | | | | mute *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **place** | past | father | plaudits *= plaudit* | | father's knee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on knee=Destination | | 7 | **frown** | past | child | Murmuring | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murmuring=Theme | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)