--- title: Six centuries passed; Then in Saint Kiaran’s House at Clonmacnoise T… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Six centuries passed; Then in Saint Kiaran’s House at Clonmacnoise That book was found, and on it; ‘Reader, here Are histories old with later fables blent, Fancies full fair with idle Pagan vaunts: Now therefore, since old things have in them worth And teach by what they hold and what they lack Whos --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/103/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/) / 103 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 103 Six centuries passed; Then in Saint Kiaran’s House at Clonmacnoise That book was found, and on it; ‘Reader, here Are histories old with later fables blent, Fancies full fair with idle Pagan vaunts: Now therefore, since old things have in them worth And teach by what they hold and what they lack Whoso shall read this book, and know to choose ’Twixt Good and Ill, my blessing on him rest!’ **Who acts:** old things, things, my · **What happens:** pass, find, be, fable, have, teach · **To what, where:** Six centuries, House, book, blent, Whoso, Twixt rest This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old things, things, my), 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:pg78491:10:106 # text = Six centuries passed; Then in Saint Kiaran’s House at Clonmacnoise That book was found, and on it; ‘Reader, here Are histories old with later fables blent, Fancies full fair with idle Pagan vaunts: Now therefore, since old things have in them worth And teach by what they hold and what they lack Whoso shall read this book, and know to choose ’Twixt Good and Ill, my blessing on him rest!’ 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 5 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 Saint Saint PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Kiaran Kiaran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 House house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Clonmacnoise clonmacnoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 26 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 histories history NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 29 with with SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 fables fable VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 blent blent NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Fancies fancy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 Pagan pagan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 vaunts vaunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 since since SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 52 And and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 obl _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 conj _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 lack lack VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 Whoso whoso PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 obj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 ccomp _ _ 65 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 66 det _ _ 66 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 Twixt Twixt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 compound _ _ 74 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 Ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 78 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 appos _ _ 80 on on ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nmod _ _ 82 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ! ! PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | participle · passive | | Six centuries | | here | | Reader *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | Saint Kiaran's House at Clonmacnoise | | book | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | histories *obl:unmarked*; old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fable** | present | | blent | | | | Fancies *obj*; late *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | old things | | | | | in Fancies *= fancy*; worth *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | old things *not said here* | | | | | what *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hold** | present | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **lack** | present | things *= thing* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **read** | shall | things *= thing* *not said here* | Whoso | | | | this book *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent whoso=Recipient book=Topic | | 10 | **know** | infinitive | old things *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **choose** | to-infinitive | old things *not said here* | Twixt rest | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 12 | **bless** | | my | | | | | on saint | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/102/) - next →: [Opening, part 11, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)