--- title: That sight displeased Cuchullain: ne’ertheless He stayed his course;… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That sight displeased Cuchullain: ne’ertheless He stayed his course; and Saltain soon drew nigh, Clamouring, ‘O son--and when was son like thee-- Forsake not thou thy father! Who acts: sight, Saltain. 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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 (sight, Saltain), 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:pg78491:11:102 # text = That sight displeased Cuchullain: ne’ertheless He stayed his course; and Saltain soon drew nigh, Clamouring, ‘O son--and when was son like thee-- Forsake not thou thy father! 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 displeased displease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 ne’ertheless ne'ertheless ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Saltain Saltain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Clamouring clamour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 O o INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displease** | past | that sight | Cuchullain | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cuchullain=Experiencer | | 2 | **stay** | past | sight | sight's course | | | | ne'ertheless *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme course=Location | | 3 | **draw** | past | Saltain | | | | | nigh, soon *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **clamour** | gerund | Saltain *not said here* | | | | | son *vocative* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | | son | | | | like thee | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **forsake** | infinitive | that sight *not said here* | thou | | | | thy father *obj* | tree rules | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)