--- title: T’wards him Cuchullain rushed: the old man wept, For gladness wept,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: T’wards him Cuchullain rushed: the old man wept, For gladness wept, and afterwards for woe, Kissing the wounds unnumbered of his son: Reverent, Cuchullain led him to his cell; Reverent, he placed before him wine and meat; Nor questioned yet. Who acts: T’wards, old man, gladness, wounds. 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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 (T’wards, old man, gladness, wounds), 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:pg78491:12:126 # text = T’wards him Cuchullain rushed: the old man wept, For gladness wept, and afterwards for woe, Kissing the wounds unnumbered of his son: Reverent, Cuchullain led him to his cell; Reverent, he placed before him wine and meat; Nor questioned yet. 1 T’wards T'wards PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 flat _ _ 3 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 For for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 unnumbered unnumber VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Reverent Reverent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Reverent Reverent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 49 yet yet ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | T’wards | | | | | for woe | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **weep** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** | past | gladness | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kiss** | gerund | T’wards *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **unnumber** | past | the wounds | | | | | of Southward's son | tree rules | | 6 | **lead** | past | Reverent and Cuchullain | Southward | | Southward's cell | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cell=Destination | | 7 | **place** | past | Reverent | wine and meat | | | before Southward | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wine=Theme before he=Destination | | 8 | **question** *speech: other* | past | Nor | | | | yet | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)