--- title: The one blemish in Cuchullain’s life, his desertion of Aifné, his bo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The one blemish in Cuchullain’s life, his desertion of Aifné, his boyhood’s love in Scatha’s Island, for a rival whose chief attraction was perhaps that she could only be won by force of arms, is an episode not included within the scope of the Tain. 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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 (force, one blemish, Cuchullain, boyhood), 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:pg78491:1:79 # text = The one blemish in Cuchullain’s life, his desertion of Aifné, his boyhood’s love in Scatha’s Island, for a rival whose chief attraction was perhaps that she could only be won by force of arms, is an episode not included within the scope of the Tain. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 blemish blemish NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 desertion desertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Aifné Aifné PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 boyhood boyhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 Scatha Scatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 26 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 attraction attraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 30 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 episode episode NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 included include VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 47 within within ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 scope scope NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Tain Tain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | could · past · passive | force of arms | invader | | | | perhaps *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | present | the one blemish in Cuchullain's life and Cuchullain's desertion of Aifné and Cuchullain's boyhood's love in Scatha's Island and a rival a rival chief attraction's chief attraction | a episode | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **include** | participle | | a episode *not said here* | | | | within the scope of the Tain | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **desert** | | Cuchullain | Aifné | | | | | nom desertion «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 5 | **love** | | Cuchullain's boyhood | | | Scatha's Island | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent in=place | | 6 | **attract** | | a rival a rival chief attraction's chief attraction | | | | | | nom attraction «phenomenon 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)