--- title: Heard ye never How when King Conor’s sin, that forfeit pledge Plight… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Heard ye never How when King Conor’s sin, that forfeit pledge Plighted with Usnach’s sons, had left the Accursed Crownless, and Eman’s bulwarks in the dust, Her elders on Cuchullain worked, what time He came my work of vengeance to complete? Who acts: bulwarks, CUCHULLAIN, vengeance. 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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 (bulwarks, CUCHULLAIN, vengeance), 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:pg78491:12:17 # text = Heard ye never How when King Conor’s sin, that forfeit pledge Plighted with Usnach’s sons, had left the Accursed Crownless, and Eman’s bulwarks in the dust, Her elders on Cuchullain worked, what time He came my work of vengeance to complete? 1 Heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 obj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 4 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 9 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 forfeit forfeit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 Plighted plight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 Crownless Crownless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 bulwarks bulwark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 complete complete VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | participle | | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **plight** | participle | | that forfeit pledge *not said here* | | | | with Usnach's sons | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | King's sin | | | | the Accursed Crownless *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme crownless=Attribute | | 4 | **accurs** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | past | Eman's bulwarks in the dust and Eman's elders on Cuchullain | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | CUCHULLAIN | my work of vengeance | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location work=Theme | | 7 | **complete** | to-infinitive | CUCHULLAIN *not said here* | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **work** | | vengeance | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)