--- title: Last drew nigh Fergus, and read it: on him fell that hour Memories f… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Last drew nigh Fergus, and read it: on him fell that hour Memories full dear, and loud he sang and long; He sang a warrior’s praise: yet named him not; He sang; ‘From name of man to name of beast A warrior changed: then mightiest grew of men!’ Who acts: Last, O’er, name, mightiest. 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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 (Last, O’er, name, mightiest), 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:pg78491:11:120 # text = Last drew nigh Fergus, and read it: on him fell that hour Memories full dear, and loud he sang and long; He sang a warrior’s praise: yet named him not; He sang; ‘From name of man to name of beast A warrior changed: then mightiest grew of men!’ 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 12 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 yet yet ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 From from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 55 mightiest mighty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 56 nsubj _ _ 56 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Last | Fergus | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **read** | infinitive | Last *not said here* | Ogham | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **fall** | past | Last *not said here* | hour Memories full dear | | | | on O’er *= o'er* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient memory=Result | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | O’er *= o'er* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | O’er *= o'er* | a warrior's praise | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme | | 6 | **not** **name** | participle | O’er *= o'er* *not said here* | O’er *= o'er* | | | yet | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | O’er *= o'er* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 8 | **change** | past | name of man to name of beast | | | | | a warrior *nsubj* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **grow** | past | mightiest | | | | | of men | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **praise** | | a warrior | | | | | | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **name** | | | man to name of beast | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **name** | | | beast | | | | | nom name «communication 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)