--- title: Fergus knew the man, Fergus alone; nor yet divulged his name, Oft mu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Fergus knew the man, Fergus alone; nor yet divulged his name, Oft muttering, ‘These be men who fight for Bulls-- I war to shake a Perjurer from his throne, And count no brave man foe.’ Who acts: Fergus, men, I, man. 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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 (Fergus, men, I, man), 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:pg78491:11:183 # text = Fergus knew the man, Fergus alone; nor yet divulged his name, Oft muttering, ‘These be men who fight for Bulls-- I war to shake a Perjurer from his throne, And count no brave man foe.’ 1 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 divulged divulge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 muttering muttering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Perjurer Perjurer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 40 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Fergus | the man | | | | alone *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 2 | **divulge** *speech: other* | past | Fergus *not said here* | man's name and Oft muttering | | | yet | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | this men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fight** | present | this men | | | | | for Bulls | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **war** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shake** | to-infinitive | | a Perjurer | | man's throne | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent perjurer=Theme from throne=Trajectory | | 7 | **count** | infinitive | | no brave man foe | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/182/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)