--- title: Yet sad at heart that eve Cuchullain clomb His wonted rock, and fain… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet sad at heart that eve Cuchullain clomb His wonted rock, and faint with loss of blood, And mused; ‘My strength must lessen day by day;’ And northward gazed, thus murmuring; ‘All too late To save the land those Red Branch Knights will come When I am dead-- My war-car, and my war-steeds are far off --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/) / 105 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 105 Yet sad at heart that eve Cuchullain clomb His wonted rock, and faint with loss of blood, And mused; ‘My strength must lessen day by day;’ And northward gazed, thus murmuring; ‘All too late To save the land those Red Branch Knights will come When I am dead-- My war-car, and my war-steeds are far off And I am here alone.’ **Who acts:** that, strength, those, I, war steeds · **What happens:** clomb, wont, muse, lessen, gaze, murmur · **To what, where:** land This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, strength, those, I), 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:pg78491:12:107 # text = Yet sad at heart that eve Cuchullain clomb His wonted rock, and faint with loss of blood, And mused; ‘My strength must lessen day by day;’ And northward gazed, thus murmuring; ‘All too late To save the land those Red Branch Knights will come When I am dead-- My war-car, and my war-steeds are far off And I am here alone.’ 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wonted wont VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 mused muse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 lessen lessen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 northward northward ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 thus thus ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 murmuring murmur VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 44 To to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 49 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ _ 50 Branch Branch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 Knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 54 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 60 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 69 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 70 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 71 advmod _ _ 71 off off ADV RB _ 2 parataxis _ _ 72 And and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 75 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 conj _ _ 76 alone alone ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clomb** | | that | | | | | friend's wonted rock *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **wont** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **muse** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lessen** | must | My strength | | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **gaze** | participle | | | | | | northward *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | thus *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **save** | to-infinitive | those Branch Knights *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 8 | **come** | future | those Branch Knights | | | | | My war car *conj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | present | I | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present | my war steeds | | | | | far, off *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | present | I | | | | | alone, here *property* | tree rules | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)