--- title: It ends with a great event, a battle and an overthrow; and if that c… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It ends with a great event, a battle and an overthrow; and if that catastrophe is but a ‘conclusion inconclusive,’ and no results remain behind, in this very circumstance lies a special significance of the work. Who acts: defeat, catastrophe, results. 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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 (defeat, catastrophe, results), 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:pg78491:1:109 # text = It ends with a great event, a battle and an overthrow; and if that catastrophe is but a ‘conclusion inconclusive,’ and no results remain behind, in this very circumstance lies a special significance of the work. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 overthrow overthrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 catastrophe catastrophe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 inconclusive inconclusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 behind behind ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present | defeat | | | | | with a great event and a battle and a overthrow | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with event=Subeventuality | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | that catastrophe | | | | | a conclusion *obl:unmarked*; inconclusive *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** | present | no results | | | | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | present | no results *not said here* | a special significance of the work | | this circumstance | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location significance=Theme | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)