--- title: Cuchullain rose And curtly answered; ‘Never will I break My vow; nor… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Cuchullain rose And curtly answered; ‘Never will I break My vow; nor wrong the land; nor sell my king:’ Fergus too royal was to hear surprised, Or grieved, his friend’s resolve, nor touched again Upon that pact unworthy. Who acts: Cuchullain, I, My. 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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 (Cuchullain, I, My), 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:pg78491:12:30 # text = Cuchullain rose And curtly answered; ‘Never will I break My vow; nor wrong the land; nor sell my king:’ Fergus too royal was to hear surprised, Or grieved, his friend’s resolve, nor touched again Upon that pact unworthy. 1 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 curtly curtly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 16 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 21 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 too too ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 resolve resolve NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 43 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 Upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | Cuchullain | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | | curtly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **break** | future | I | My vow | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient | | 4 | **sell** | infinitive | Cuchullain *not said here* | my king | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | | hear, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **grieve** | participle | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | | Fergus's friend's resolve *conj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **touch** | past | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | again | upon that pact | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **vow** | | My | | | | | | nom vow «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)