--- title: Evermore I cried, “Arise! the stranger’s foot is on your soil: They… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Evermore I cried, “Arise! the stranger’s foot is on your soil: They come to stall their horses in your halls; To slay your sons; enslave your spotless maids; Alone my son withstands them!” Who acts: I, foot, feet, son. 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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 (I, foot, feet, son), 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:pg78491:12:131 # text = Evermore I cried, “Arise! the stranger’s foot is on your soil: They come to stall their horses in your halls; To slay your sons; enslave your spotless maids; Alone my son withstands them!” 1 Evermore evermore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 stall stall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 To to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 enslave enslave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 spotless spotless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Alone alone ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 withstands withstand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | I | | | | | evermore *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **arise** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the stranger's foot | | | your soil | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | feet *= foot* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stall** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | feet's horses | | your halls | | | vn delay-53.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | | 6 | **slay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your sons | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 7 | **enslave** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | your spotless maids | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Patient | | 8 | **withstand** *in a quote* | present | my son | horses *= horse* | | | | | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/130/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)