--- title: This he will not do, yet consents to forbear Meave’s host till she h… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: This he will not do, yet consents to forbear Meave’s host till she has reached the border of Uladh, the queen engaging that the warfare shall then be restricted to a combat between himself and a single champion sent against him day by day. Who acts: This, consents, Meave, queen. 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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 (This, consents, Meave, queen), 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:pg78491:12:7 # text = This he will not do, yet consents to forbear Meave’s host till she has reached the border of Uladh, the queen engaging that the warfare shall then be restricted to a combat between himself and a single champion sent against him day by day. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 consents consent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 forbear forbear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 engaging engage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 warfare warfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 restricted restrict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 between between ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 42 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | future | This | | | | | Fergus *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forbear** | to-infinitive | consents | Meave's host | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | present · perfect | Meave | | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **engage** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **restrict** | shall · passive | | the warfare | | | then | to a combat between Fergus *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to combat=Goal | | 6 | **send** | past | the border of Uladh | | | | day | against Fergus | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)