--- title: Which things abhorring, she her face averse Turned all day steadfast… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Which things abhorring, she her face averse Turned all day steadfast from the astonished throng: And next, as one that broods upon a curse, She sat in her sick-chamber three weeks long, And never raised her eyes, nor made complaint, Dark as a fiend and silent as a saint. Who acts: things, child. 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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 (things, child), 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:pg78491:8:53 # text = Which things abhorring, she her face averse Turned all day steadfast from the astonished throng: And next, as one that broods upon a curse, She sat in her sick-chamber three weeks long, And never raised her eyes, nor made complaint, Dark as a fiend and silent as a saint. 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 abhorring abhor VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 averse averse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 Turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 steadfast steadfast ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 throng throng NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 next next ADV RB _ 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 parataxis _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 broods brood VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc _ _ 47 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abhor** | gerund | which things *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **turn** | participle | | | | the astonished throng | day | steadfast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from throng=Trajectory | | 3 | **brood** | present | | | | | | upon a curse | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sit** | past | child | | | child's sick chamber | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chamber=Location | | 5 | **not** **raise** | past | child *not said here* | child's eyes | | | | made complaint *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 6 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)