--- title: Then fell a dew of meekness on the proud Noting their humble heart;… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then fell a dew of meekness on the proud Noting their humble heart; and drooped her front; And sorrow closed around her like a cloud; And thus with other voice than was her wont To those soft victims of her wrath she cried: ‘Woe, woe! Who acts: heart. 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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 (heart), 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:pg78491:8:74 # text = Then fell a dew of meekness on the proud Noting their humble heart; and drooped her front; And sorrow closed around her like a cloud; And thus with other voice than was her wont To those soft victims of her wrath she cried: ‘Woe, woe! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 meekness meekness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 10 Noting note VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 drooped droop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 23 around around ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 thus thus ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wont wont NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 To to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 victims victim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | | a dew of meekness | | the proud | then | with other voice | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient dew=Result | | 2 | **note** | gerund | | names's humble heart | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent heart=Topic | | 3 | **droop** | past | | heart's front | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location front=Theme | | 4 | **close** | participle · passive | | sorrow | | | | around heart; like a cloud | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | than heart's wont; to that soft victims of heart's wrath; heart *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | heart | heart's wrath *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Topic | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)