--- title: On his throne Sat Conchobar in miniver and gold: His eyes were on hi… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: On his throne Sat Conchobar in miniver and gold: His eyes were on his grandsire’s shield that breathed At times a sigh athwart the steel-lit gloom: Around his lips an idiot’s smile was curled: “What will be will be,” spake the king at last: “All things go well.”’ Who acts: eyes, shield, king, things --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/150/) [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/) / 150 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 150 On his throne Sat Conchobar in miniver and gold: His eyes were on his grandsire’s shield that breathed At times a sigh athwart the steel-lit gloom: Around his lips an idiot’s smile was curled: “What will be will be,” spake the king at last: “All things go well.”’ **Who acts:** eyes, shield, king, things, idiot · **What happens:** sit, be, breathe, lit, curl, speak · **To what, where:** Conchobar, throne, shield, sigh, lips, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (eyes, shield, king, things), 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:pg78491:12:152 # text = On his throne Sat Conchobar in miniver and gold: His eyes were on his grandsire’s shield that breathed At times a sigh athwart the steel-lit gloom: Around his lips an idiot’s smile was curled: “What will be will be,” spake the king at last: “All things go well.”’ 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 Sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Conchobar Conchobar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 miniver miniver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 grandsire grandsire NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 At at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 athwart athwart ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 Around around ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 50 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 58 det _ _ 58 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 59 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 60 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | | Conchobar | | King's throne | | in miniver and gold | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent conchobar=Theme on throne=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | King's eyes | | | King's grandsire's shield | | King's grandsire *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **breathe** | past | King's grandsire's shield | a sigh | | | time | athwart the lit gloom | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme | | 4 | **lit** | participle | | | | | | steel *compound* | tree rules | | 5 | **curl** | past · passive | King's grandsire's shield *not said here* | King's lips a idiot's smile | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | the king | | | last | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | present | all things | | | | | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **smile** | | a idiot | | | | | | nom smile «communication 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/151/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)