--- title: She smiled that smile which none How wise soe’er, beholding, could r… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: She smiled that smile which none How wise soe’er, beholding, could resist, And drew those children to her, one by one; Then wailed once more, and last their foreheads kissed, And cried with finger pointing to the lake, ‘Hence! and in that clear bath your pastime take!’ Who acts: mood, smile, forehea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/63/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/) / 63 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 63 She smiled that smile which none How wise soe’er, beholding, could resist, And drew those children to her, one by one; Then wailed once more, and last their foreheads kissed, And cried with finger pointing to the lake, ‘Hence! and in that clear bath your pastime take!’ **Who acts:** mood, smile, foreheads, finger, pastime · **What happens:** smile, soe'er, behold, resist, draw, wail · **To what, where:** children, mood, lake, clear bath 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 (mood, smile, foreheads, finger), 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:pg78491:8:63 # text = She smiled that smile which none How wise soe’er, beholding, could resist, And drew those children to her, one by one; Then wailed once more, and last their foreheads kissed, And cried with finger pointing to the lake, ‘Hence! and in that clear bath your pastime take!’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 7 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 soe’er soe'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 beholding behold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 wailed wail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 foreheads forehead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 pointing point VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Hence hence ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 53 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 pastime pastime NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | past | mood | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **soe'er** | | that smile | | | | | none *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **behold** | gerund | mood *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **resist** | could | mood *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **draw** | past | | that children | mood | | | one by one *conj* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to she=Destination | | 6 | **wail** | past | | | | | then | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **last** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **kiss** | past | looks's foreheads | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | with finger; hence *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with finger=Theme | | 10 | **point** | gerund | finger *not said here* | | the lake | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lake=Recipient | | 11 | **take** | infinitive | your pastime | | | that clear bath | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bath=Location | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)