--- title: A Hound is mine, Each eve I loose him, lion-like, and fell; The bloo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: A Hound is mine, Each eve I loose him, lion-like, and fell; The blood of many a rogue is on his mouth: The bravest, if they hear him bay far off, Flee like a deer!” Who acts: Hound, I, blood, eves. 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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 (Hound, I, blood, eves), 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:pg78491:11:135 # text = A Hound is mine, Each eve I loose him, lion-like, and fell; The blood of many a rogue is on his mouth: The bravest, if they hear him bay far off, Flee like a deer!” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loose loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rogue rogue NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 bay bay ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 off off ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Flee Flee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a Hound | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **loose** | past | I | Hound | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **fall** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the blood of a many rogue | | | Hound's mouth | | Hound *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | eves *= eve* | Hound | | | | bay, off *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/134/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)