She goes on to acknowledge that in Finch's work, ``Now and again words issue of pure poetry...It was a thousand pities that the woman who could write like that, whose mind was turned to nature, and reflection, should have been forced to anger and bitterness.'' Woolf goes on in defence of her as a gifted but sometimes understandably misguided example of women's writing. It is evident that Woolf sympathises deeply with Finch's plight as a female poet, and though she takes issue with some of the content in Finch's writing, she expresses grief that Finch is so unknown: ``...when one comes to seek out the facts about Lady Winchilsea, one finds, as usual, that almost nothing is known about her.''
She goes on to acknowledge that in Finch's work, ``Now and again words issue of pure poetry...It was a thousand pities that the woman who could write like that, whose mind was turned to nature, and reflection, should have been forced to anger and bitterness.''
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
go
goes
VERB
VBZ
compound:prt
on
on
ADP
RP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
acknowledge
acknowledge
VERB
VB
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Finch
Finch
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
now
Now
ADV
RB
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
again
again
ADV
RB
compound
Number=Plur
word
words
NOUN
NNS
ccomp
Number=Sing
issue
issue
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
pure
pure
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
poetry
poetry
NOUN
NN
punct
...
...
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
thousand
thousand
NUM
CD
ccomp
Number=Plur
pity
pities
NOUN
NNS
mark
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
woman
woman
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
could
AUX
MD
acl:relcl
VerbForm=Inf
write
write
VERB
VB
case
like
like
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
DT
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:poss
Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel
whose
whose
PRON
WP$
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
mind
mind
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
turn
turned
VERB
VBN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
nature
nature
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
reflection
reflection
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
aux
VerbForm=Fin
should
should
AUX
MD
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
aux:pass
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
force
forced
VERB
VBN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
anger
anger
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
bitterness
bitterness
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Woolf goes on in defence of her as a gifted but sometimes understandably misguided example of women's writing.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Woolf
Woolf
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
go
goes
VERB
VBZ
compound:prt
on
on
ADP
RP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
defence
defence
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
gift
gifted
ADJ
JJ
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
advmod
sometimes
sometimes
ADV
RB
advmod
understandably
understandably
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
misguided
misguided
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
example
example
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Plur
woman
women
NOUN
NNS
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
writing
writing
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
It is evident that Woolf sympathises deeply with Finch's plight as a female poet, and though she takes issue with some of the content in Finch's writing, she expresses grief that Finch is so unknown: ``...when one comes to seek out the facts about Lady Winchilsea, one finds, as usual, that almost nothing is known about her.''
expl
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Degree=Pos
evident
evident
ADJ
JJ
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Woolf
Woolf
PROPN
NNP
csubj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
sympathise
sympathises
VERB
VBZ
advmod
deeply
deeply
ADV
RB
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Finch
Finch
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
plight
plight
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
female
female
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
poet
poet
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
mark
though
though
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
take
takes
VERB
VBZ
obj
Number=Sing
issue
issue
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
some
some
DET
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
content
content
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Finch
Finch
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
writing
writing
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
express
expresses
VERB
VBZ
obj
Number=Sing
grief
grief
NOUN
NN
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Finch
Finch
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
so
so
ADV
RB
ccomp
Degree=Pos
unknown
unknown
ADJ
JJ
punct
:
:
PUNCT
:
punct
``...
``...
PUNCT
NFP
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
one
one
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
come
comes
VERB
VBZ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
seek
seek
VERB
VB
compound:prt
out
out
ADP
RP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
fact
facts
NOUN
NNS
case
about
about
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Lady
Lady
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Winchilsea
Winchilsea
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
one
one
PRON
PRP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
find
finds
VERB
VBZ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
as
as
ADP
IN
obl
Degree=Pos
usual
usual
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
advmod
almost
almost
ADV
RB
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing|PronType=Neg
nothing
nothing
PRON
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
know
known
VERB
VBN
case
about
about
ADP
IN
obl
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''