--- title: It was then that Fergus Mac Roy reigned over Uladh, now Ulster; but… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It was then that Fergus Mac Roy reigned over Uladh, now Ulster; but he renounced his throne, incensed at seeing his wily stepson preferred to him, and was exiled because he had revenged the murder of Usnach’s sons. Who acts: greatness, Mac. 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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 (greatness, Mac), 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:pg78491:1:67 # text = It was then that Fergus Mac Roy reigned over Uladh, now Ulster; but he renounced his throne, incensed at seeing his wily stepson preferred to him, and was exiled because he had revenged the murder of Usnach’s sons. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Roy Roy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 reigned reign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 renounced renounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 incensed incense VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 22 at at SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wily wily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 stepson stepson NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 preferred prefer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 exiled exile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 34 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 revenged revenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | greatness | | | Uladh and Ulster | then | Fergus Mac *nsubj*; reign *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **renounce** | past | Mac | Mac's throne | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Source | | 3 | **incense** | participle | Mac *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | gerund | Mac *not said here* | Mac's wily stepson | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepson=Stimulus | | 5 | **prefer** | participle | | Mac's wily stepson *not said here* | Mac | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **exile** | past · passive | Mac *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **revenge** | past · perfect | Mac | the murder of Usnach's sons | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **murder** | | | Usnach's sons | | | | | nom murder «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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)