--- title: The lamented Professor Eugene O’Curry has expressed his opinion that… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The lamented Professor Eugene O’Curry has expressed his opinion that ‘in the time of Senchan and St. Columba’ (that is in the sixth century) ‘it was generally believed that Fergus was the original writer of the tale.’ Who acts: Eugene, expressed opinion, that, Fergus. 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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 (Eugene, expressed opinion, that, Fergus), 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:pg78491:1:44 # text = The lamented Professor Eugene O’Curry has expressed his opinion that ‘in the time of Senchan and St. Columba’ (that is in the sixth century) ‘it was generally believed that Fergus was the original writer of the tale.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 2 lamented lament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 3 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Eugene Eugene PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 O’Curry O'Curry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ‘ ‘ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Senchan Senchan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:desc _ _ 19 Columba Columba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 generally generally ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lament** | participle | Eugene Professor *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **express** | present · perfect | Eugene Professor | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **‘** | present | Eugene's expressed opinion | | | | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | | in the sixth century | tree rules | | 5 | **believe** | past · passive | | Eugene's expressed opinion | | | | opinion *nsubj:pass*; generally *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | Fergus | the original writer | | | | of the tale | tree rules | | 7 | **opine** | | Eugene | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)