--- title: Erin, that day Save Uladh only, stood conjoined with Meave, Great ki… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Erin, that day Save Uladh only, stood conjoined with Meave, Great kings, and warriors named from chiefs of old Sons of Milesius; for King Conor’s craft And that proud onset of the Red-Branch Knights Year after year had galled their hearts. ’ Who acts: King. 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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 (King), 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:pg78491:11:57 # text = Erin, that day Save Uladh only, stood conjoined with Meave, Great kings, and warriors named from chiefs of old Sons of Milesius; for King Conor’s craft And that proud onset of the Red-Branch Knights Year after year had galled their hearts. ’ 1 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Save Save PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 conjoined conjoin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Milesius Milesius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 32 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 onset onset NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 39 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Branch Branch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 compound _ _ 43 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 44 after after ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 galled gall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conjoin** | past · passive | | Erin | | | | with Meave and Great kings | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with meave=Co-Patient | | 2 | **name** | participle · passive | | warriors | | chiefs of old Sons of Milesius | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **gall** | past · perfect · passive | | King's craft and that proud onset of the Red Knights Year after year | | | | craft's hearts *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer heart=Result | | 4 | **craft** | | King | | | | | | nom craft «act 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)