--- title: Senchan, the king of bards, when centuries six Had flowered and fade… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Senchan, the king of bards, when centuries six Had flowered and faded since the Birth Divine, Summoned in synod all the island bards, Demanding; ‘Is there who can yet recite That first of Erin’s songs, “The Tain”?’ Who acts: Erin. 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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 (Erin), 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:pg78491:10:97 # text = Senchan, the king of bards, when centuries six Had flowered and faded since the Birth Divine, Summoned in synod all the island bards, Demanding; ‘Is there who can yet recite That first of Erin’s songs, “The Tain”?’ 1 Senchan Senchan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 flat _ _ 11 Had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 flowered flower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 15 since since ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Birth Birth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Divine Divine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 synod synod NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Demanding demand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 yet yet ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 recite recite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 37 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obj _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 advmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Tain Tain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flower** | past · perfect · passive | | centuries | | | | Senchan *vocative* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **fade** | participle | | | | | since the Birth Divine | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **summon** | participle | | all island bards | | synod | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | can · present | | | | | yet | who *nsubj*; That *obj*; Erin's songs *ccomp*; recite *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sing** | | Erin | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/10/)