--- title: Who heard that strain no more his woes lamented: The exiled chief fo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Who heard that strain no more his woes lamented: The exiled chief forgat his place of pride: The prince ill-crowned his ruthless deed repented: The childless mother and the widowed bride Amid their locks tear-wet and loosely straying Felt once again remembered touches playing. Who acts: woes, exiled --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/34/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/) / 34 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 34 Who heard that strain no more his woes lamented: The exiled chief forgat his place of pride: The prince ill-crowned his ruthless deed repented: The childless mother and the widowed bride Amid their locks tear-wet and loosely straying Felt once again remembered touches playing. **Who acts:** woes, exiled chief, ruthless deed, remembered touches · **What happens:** hear, lament, exile, forgat, crown, repent · **To what, where:** strain, place, prince, remembered touches This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woes, exiled chief, ruthless deed, remembered touches), 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:pg78491:9:34 # text = Who heard that strain no more his woes lamented: The exiled chief forgat his place of pride: The prince ill-crowned his ruthless deed repented: The childless mother and the widowed bride Amid their locks tear-wet and loosely straying Felt once again remembered touches playing. 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear 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 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 woes woe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lamented lament VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 exiled exile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 forgat forgat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 crowned crown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ruthless ruthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 repented repent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 childless childless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 widowed widow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 Amid amid ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 40 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 loosely loosely ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 straying stray AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 Felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 46 advmod _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 touches touch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 51 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | | that strain | | | | Who *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strain=Stimulus | | 2 | **lament** | past | music's woes | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **exile** | participle | | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **forgat** | past | the exiled chief | music's place of pride | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **crown** | participle · passive | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **repent** | participle | music's ruthless deed | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **widow** | participle | | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **feel** | gerund · passive | | remembered touches | | | | once *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: touch=Theme | | 9 | **remember** | participle | | | | | again | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **play** | gerund | remembered touches *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)