--- title: That courser baffled clothed his strength with speed: From cliff to… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That courser baffled clothed his strength with speed: From cliff to cliff he sped; cleared at a bound Inlet, and rocky rift; nor stayed his course, Men say, till he had circled Erin’s Isle. Who acts: Cuchullain, Men. 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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 (Cuchullain, Men), 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:pg78491:11:232 # text = That courser baffled clothed his strength with speed: From cliff to cliff he sped; cleared at a bound Inlet, and rocky rift; nor stayed his course, Men say, till he had circled Erin’s Isle. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 courser courser NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 baffled baffle AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 From from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 cleared clear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Inlet inlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 rift rift NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 28 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 circled circle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 39 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 Isle Isle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clothe** | past · passive | | that courser | | cliff to cliff | | with speed; Cuchullain's strength *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **speed** | past | Cuchullain | cliff *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cliff=Agent | | 3 | **clear** | participle | | cliff to cliff *not said here* | | a bound Inlet and rocky rift | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | | 4 | **stay** | past | | Cuchullain's course | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme course=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **circle** | past · perfect | Cuchullain | Erin's Isle | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme isle=Co-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 229](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/229/) - next →: [sentence 231](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/231/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)