--- title: The words of that high music no one knew; Yet all men felt there liv… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The words of that high music no one knew; Yet all men felt there lived a meaning there Immortal, marvellous, searching, strengthening, true, The pledge of some great future, strange and fair, When sin shall lose her might, and cleansing woe Shall on the Just some starry crown bestow. 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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 (one, men, words, sin), 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:pg78491:9:35 # text = The words of that high music no one knew; Yet all men felt there lived a meaning there Immortal, marvellous, searching, strengthening, true, The pledge of some great future, strange and fair, When sin shall lose her might, and cleansing woe Shall on the Just some starry crown bestow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 there their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes 16 parataxis _ _ 20 Immortal immortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 strengthening strengthen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 42 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 cleansing cleanse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 50 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 Shall Shall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Just Just PROPN NNP _ 49 obl _ _ 55 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 56 starry starry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | no one | that high music *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | past | all men | the words of that high music *not said here* | | there | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | the words of that high music | a meaning | | | | there *= they* *parataxis* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme meaning=Location | | 4 | **search** | gerund | the words of that high music *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strengthen** | gerund | the words of that high music *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **lose** | shall | sin | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cleanse** | gerund | the words of that high music *not said here* | woe | | the Just | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woe=Patient | | 8 | **bestow** | infinitive | some starry crown | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **word** | | | that high music | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **pledge** | | | some great future | | | | | nom pledge «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)