--- title: The ‘Tain bo Cuailgné’ is especially valued, not only for its poetic… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The ‘Tain bo Cuailgné’ is especially valued, not only for its poetic merits, but for the light which it throws upon early Irish customs, such as the use of the war-chariot, abandoned, apparently, as early as the second century. Who acts: light. 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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 (light), 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:pg78491:1:61 # text = The ‘Tain bo Cuailgné’ is especially valued, not only for its poetic merits, but for the light which it throws upon early Irish customs, such as the use of the war-chariot, abandoned, apparently, as early as the second century. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Tain Tain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 bo bo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 Cuailgné Cuailgné PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 especially especially ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 valued value VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 33 case _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 amod _ _ 49 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **value** | present · passive | | the Tain | | | | for Tain's poetic merits; for the light; especially *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for merit=Attribute | | 2 | **throw** | present | the light | | | early Irish customs such the use of the war chariot | | Tain *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent upon custom=Destination | | 3 | **abandon** | participle | | the use of the war chariot *not said here* | | | | apparently, early *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **use** | | | the war chariot | | | | | nom use «act 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)