--- title: Against that recreant Fergus hurled his spear, And slew him, and con… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Against that recreant Fergus hurled his spear, And slew him, and continued, ‘Hundreds six, Our best, have perished, and our march is slow: Now, warriors, hear my counsel, and my terms. Who acts: Fergus, march, 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 (Fergus, march, 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:pg78491:12:48 # text = Against that recreant Fergus hurled his spear, And slew him, and continued, ‘Hundreds six, Our best, have perished, and our march is slow: Now, warriors, hear my counsel, and my terms. 1 Against against ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 recreant recreant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hurled hurl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurl** | past | Fergus | Fergus's spear | | that recreant | | my terms *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme against recreant=Destination | | 2 | **slay** | past | Fergus *not said here* | Fergus | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **continue** | past | | Hundreds | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **perish** | present · perfect · passive | | Our best | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | our march | | | | now | warriors *obl*; slow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | infinitive | Fergus *not said here* | my counsel | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer counsel=Stimulus | | 7 | **term** | | my | | | | | | nom term «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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)