--- title: Then spake the king with hoary head that shook, ‘I loved thy babes:… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then spake the king with hoary head that shook, ‘I loved thy babes: now therefore let us go Northward, and on their blameless beauty look, Though changed, and hear their songs: for this I know By Druid art, they sing the whole night long, And heaven and earth are solaced by their song. 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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 (you, hoary head, I, us), 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:pg78491:9:30 # text = Then spake the king with hoary head that shook, ‘I loved thy babes: now therefore let us go Northward, and on their blameless beauty look, Though changed, and hear their songs: for this I know By Druid art, they sing the whole night long, And heaven and earth are solaced by their song. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 spake speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 hoary hoary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 Northward northward ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 blameless blameless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 29 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 Though though SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 By by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 Druid Druid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 solaced solace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the king | | | then | with hoary head | tree rules | | 2 | **shake** | past | hoary head | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **love** | past | I | thy babes | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer babe=Stimulus | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | now | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | northward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | babes's blameless beauty | | | tree rules | | 7 | **change** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hear** | present | you *not said here* | babes's songs | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** | present | I | | | | | for this; by Druid art | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | songs *= song* | | | | night | long *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **solace** | present · passive | earth's song | heaven and earth | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 12 | **sing** | | babes *= babe* | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **sing** | | earth | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)