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title: ‘The deed is done; yet thus much I concede: In you the human heart s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘The deed is done; yet thus much I concede: In you the human heart shall never fail, Changed though ye be, and masked in feathery weed: Your voice shall sweet remain as voice of Gael; And all who hear your songs shall sink in trance And, sleeping, dream some great deliverance.’ Who acts: I, human he
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 76

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‘The deed is done; yet thus much I concede: In you the human heart shall never fail, Changed though ye be, and masked in feathery weed: Your voice shall sweet remain as voice of Gael; And all who hear your songs shall sink in trance And, sleeping, dream some great deliverance.’

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**Who acts:** I, human heart, sweet, all, your · **What happens:** do, concede, not fail, change, mask, remain · **To what, where:** deed, feathery weed, songs, trance, great deliverance

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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 (I, human heart, sweet, all), 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:pg78491:8:76
# text = ‘The deed is done; yet thus much I concede: In you the human heart shall never fail, Changed though ye be, and masked in feathery weed: Your voice shall sweet remain as voice of Gael; And all who hear your songs shall sink in trance And, sleeping, dream some great deliverance.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	concede	concede	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
13	In	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
23	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nsubj	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	masked	mask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	parataxis	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	feathery	feathery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	weed	weed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
35	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	nsubj	_	_
37	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	ccomp	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Gael	Gael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
43	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	50	nsubj	_	_
45	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
46	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	acl:relcl	_	_
47	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
49	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	parataxis	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
53	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	dream	dream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	conj	_	_
58	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	60	det	_	_
59	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · passive |  | the deed |  |  | yet |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concede** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **fail** | shall | the human heart |  |  |  |  | in you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in you=Eventuality |
| 4 | **change** | participle | the human heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **mask** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **remain** | present | sweet  Your voice |  |  | feathery weed |  | as voice of Gael | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in weed=Location |
| 7 | **hear** | present |  | your songs |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |
| 8 | **sink** | shall | all |  |  | trance |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **sleep** | gerund | all *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **dream** | infinitive | all *not said here* | some great deliverance |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deliverance=Topic |
| 11 | **sing** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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