--- title: Not once ’tis whispered in that ancient story They raised their voic… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Not once ’tis whispered in that ancient story They raised their voice God’s justice to arraign: All patient suffering is expiatory: Their doom was linked with hope of Erin’s gain; And, like the Holy Elders famed of old, Those babes on that high promise kept their hold. 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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 (sufferers, tis, Holy Elders, babes), 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:pg78491:9:37 # text = Not once ’tis whispered in that ancient story They raised their voice God’s justice to arraign: All patient suffering is expiatory: Their doom was linked with hope of Erin’s gain; And, like the Holy Elders famed of old, Those babes on that high promise kept their hold. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 24 advmod _ _ 3 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 5 whispered whisper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 arraign arraign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 21 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 expiatory expiatory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 linked link VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Elders Elder PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 famed fame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 51 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | participle | | tis *not said here* | | that ancient story | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location | | 2 | **raise** | past | sufferers *= sufferer* | sufferers's voice God's justice | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 3 | **arraign** | to-infinitive | sufferers *= sufferer* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | tis | | | | | all patient suffering *nsubj*; expiatory, once *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **link** | past · passive | | sufferers's doom | | | | with hope of Erin's gain | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with hope=Co-Patient | | 6 | **fame** | past | the Holy Elders | | | | | of old | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | past | that babes on that high promise | sufferers's hold | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 8 | **doom** | | sufferers *= sufferer* | | | | | | nom doom «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **hope** | | Erin's gain | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **hold** | | sufferers *= sufferer* | | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)