--- title: His prime was spent in wars: in middle life He bade a youthful princ… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: His prime was spent in wars: in middle life He bade a youthful princess share his throne: Nor e’er had monarch yet a truer wife With tenderer palm or voice of sweeter tone: The one sole lady of that race was she Sun-haired, with large eyes azure as the sea. 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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 (palace, youthful princess, Nor e’er, one), 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:pg78491:8:9 # text = His prime was spent in wars: in middle life He bade a youthful princess share his throne: Nor e’er had monarch yet a truer wife With tenderer palm or voice of sweeter tone: The one sole lady of that race was she Sun-haired, with large eyes azure as the sea. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 prime prime NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 e’er e'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 truer true ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 28 With with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 tenderer tenderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 sweeter sweet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 haired haired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 compound _ _ 53 azure azure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past · passive | | palace's prime | | wars | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 2 | **bade** | past | palace | | | middle life | | | tree rules | | 3 | **share** | present | a youthful princess | palace's throne | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | Nor e’er | monarch | | | | with eyes azure as the sea; a truer wife with tenderer palm or voice of sweeter tone *conj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarch=Patient | | 5 | **lady** | | the one | | | | | of that race | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | sole lady | | | | | e’er *= e'er* *nsubj*; haired *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)