--- title: One day, when Conor’s self Partook his feast, the armourer held disc… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when Conor’s self Partook his feast, the armourer held discourse; “The Gods have made my house a house of fame: The craftsmen grin and grudge because I prosper: The forest bandits hunger for my goods, Yea, and would eat mine anvil if they might-- Trow ye what saves me, Sirs? 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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 (self, armourer, craftsmen, bard), 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:pg78491:11:134 # text = One day, when Conor’s self Partook his feast, the armourer held discourse; “The Gods have made my house a house of fame: The craftsmen grin and grudge because I prosper: The forest bandits hunger for my goods, Yea, and would eat mine anvil if they might-- Trow ye what saves me, Sirs? 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 Partook partake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 armourer armourer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 craftsmen craftsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 grin grin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 grudge grudge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 because because SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 prosper prosper VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 bandits bandit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 hunger hunger VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 51 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Trow trow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 58 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 obj _ _ 59 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 nsubj _ _ 60 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 Sirs sir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **partake** | past | Conor's self | self's feast | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | participle | the armourer *not said here* | discourse | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discourse=Theme | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Gods | | | | my house *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **grin** *in a quote* | present | the craftsmen | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grudge** *in a quote* | present | the craftsmen *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **prosper** *in a quote* | present | the bard and the chief *= bard* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hunger** *in a quote* | present | the forest bandits | | | | | for my goods | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for goods=Theme | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | would | | the bard and the chief *= bard* | | | | anvil *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **trow** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | might | bandits *= bandit* | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **save** *in a quote* | present | | the bard and the chief *= bard* | | | | Sirs *obl*; what *nsubj* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/133/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)