--- title: He props my war because, long years our guest, His honour needs not… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He props my war because, long years our guest, His honour needs not less; with us he marches Athirst for vengeance and his native land, Yet scoffs our cause, and sent, spurning surprise, To Uladh challenge loud.’ Who acts: man, honour, cause, my. 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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 (man, honour, cause, my), 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:pg78491:11:70 # text = He props my war because, long years our guest, His honour needs not less; with us he marches Athirst for vengeance and his native land, Yet scoffs our cause, and sent, spurning surprise, To Uladh challenge loud.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 props prop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 16 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 marches march VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 Athirst athirst ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 scoffs scoff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 spurning spurn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 39 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 To to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 43 challenge challenge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prop** | present | man | my war | | | year | scoffs and our cause *parataxis* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent war=Theme | | 2 | **not** **need** | present | man's honour | | | | | less *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **march** | present | man | | | | | with us; for vengeance and man's native land; athirst *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | our cause *not said here* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **spurn** | gerund | our cause *not said here* | surprise | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **challenge** | present | our cause *not said here* | | Uladh | | | loud *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **war** | | my | | | | | | nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **honour** | | man | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **cause** | | our | | | | | | nom cause «event 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)