--- title: Then turned Mac Roth His car; and sideway shook one hand irate; And… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then turned Mac Roth His car; and sideway shook one hand irate; And lashed the steeds, and reached great Cruachan, And, instant upon all who heard his tale Like lightning fell the battle rage. Who acts: sideway, tale. 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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 (sideway, tale), 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:pg78491:11:55 # text = Then turned Mac Roth His car; and sideway shook one hand irate; And lashed the steeds, and reached great Cruachan, And, instant upon all who heard his tale Like lightning fell the battle rage. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 Roth Roth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 sideway sideway NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 irate irate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 lashed lash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Cruachan Cruachan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 Like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | | Mac | | | then | Mac's car *obj* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent mac=Theme car=Result | | 2 | **shake** | past | sideway | | | | | irate *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **lash** | past | | the steeds | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | | 4 | **reach** | past | | great Cruachan | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cruachan=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past | | | | | | upon all; who *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **fall** | past | sideway's tale like lightning | the battle rage | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient rage=Result | | 7 | **tell** | | sideway | | | | | like lightning | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent like=obl | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)