--- title: Forth he rushed-- Forth to Cuchullain’s chariot-house, and dragged A… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Forth he rushed-- Forth to Cuchullain’s chariot-house, and dragged Abroad that war-car feared of man and yoked White Liath Macha, and his comrade black, And dashed adown the vacant, echoing streets, And passed the gateway towers: the warders slept: Beyond them, propp’d against the city wall, A cripp --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/164/) [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/) / 164 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 164 Forth he rushed-- Forth to Cuchullain’s chariot-house, and dragged Abroad that war-car feared of man and yoked White Liath Macha, and his comrade black, And dashed adown the vacant, echoing streets, And passed the gateway towers: the warders slept: Beyond them, propp’d against the city wall, A cripple crunched his mouldering crust. **Who acts:** first, war car, warders, cripple · **What happens:** rush, drag, fear, yoke, dash, echo · **To what, where:** White Liath, adown, gateway towers, propp, mouldering crust 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 (first, war car, warders, cripple), 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:pg78491:12:166 # text = Forth he rushed-- Forth to Cuchullain’s chariot-house, and dragged Abroad that war-car feared of man and yoked White Liath Macha, and his comrade black, And dashed adown the vacant, echoing streets, And passed the gateway towers: the warders slept: Beyond them, propp’d against the city wall, A cripple crunched his mouldering crust. 1 Forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 Forth forth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 Abroad abroad ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 yoked yoke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Liath Liath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 Macha Macha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 adown adown NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 vacant vacant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 echoing echo VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 gateway gateway NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 warders warder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 propp propp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’d ' VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 58 against against ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 cripple cripple NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 65 crunched crunch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 67 mouldering moulder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 amod _ _ 68 crust crust NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | first | | | | | to Cuchullain's chariot house *result*; forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 2 | **drag** | past | first *not said here* | | | | | abroad *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fear** | past | war car | | | | | of man | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **yoke** | past | war car *not said here* | | White Liath | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent liath=Destination | | 5 | **dash** | past | first *not said here* | adown | | | | the vacant echoing streets *obj* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent adown=Patient street=Result | | 6 | **echo** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pass** | past | first *not said here* | the gateway towers | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Trajectory | | 8 | **sleep** | past | the warders | propp and a cripple | | | | beyond streets *= street* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **'** | participle | | propp and a cripple *not said here* | | | | against the city wall | tree rules | | 10 | **crunch** | participle | a cripple *not said here* | first's mouldering crust | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Patient | | 11 | **moulder** | gerund | | | | | | | 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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/165/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)