--- title: Fergus next morn Made way through those sea-skirting woods, and crie… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Fergus next morn Made way through those sea-skirting woods, and cried Three times, ‘Setanta;’ and Cuchullain heard And knew that voice, and, beaming, issued forth, And clasped his ancient master round the neck, And led him to his sylvan cell. Who acts: Made way, Setanta. 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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 (Made way, Setanta), 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:pg78491:12:26 # text = Fergus next morn Made way through those sea-skirting woods, and cried Three times, ‘Setanta;’ and Cuchullain heard And knew that voice, and, beaming, issued forth, And clasped his ancient master round the neck, And led him to his sylvan cell. 1 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Made Made PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 skirting skirt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 15 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Setanta Setanta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 beaming beam VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 35 forth forth ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 round round ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 sylvan sylvan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skirt** | gerund | | | | | | sea *compound* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Made way Fergus next morn through that skirting woods *not said here* | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | Setanta and Cuchullain | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | past | Setanta and Cuchullain *not said here* | that voice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 5 | **beam** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **issue** | participle | | | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **clasp** | past | Setanta and Cuchullain *not said here* | CUCHULLAIN's ancient master | | | | round the neck | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 8 | **lead** | past | Made way Fergus next morn through that skirting woods *not said here* | CUCHULLAIN | | CUCHULLAIN's sylvan cell | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cell=Destination | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)