--- title: Then roared the kings a long and loud applause, Since wise appeared… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then roared the kings a long and loud applause, Since wise appeared that counsel: faith they pledged, And sureties in the hearing of the Gods: Likewise Cuchullain, when his friend returned, Made answer; ‘Well you guessed! a month or more My strength will hold: meantime our Uladh arms.’ Who acts: wis --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/50/) [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/) / 50 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 50 Then roared the kings a long and loud applause, Since wise appeared that counsel: faith they pledged, And sureties in the hearing of the Gods: Likewise Cuchullain, when his friend returned, Made answer; ‘Well you guessed! a month or more My strength will hold: meantime our Uladh arms.’ **Who acts:** wise, Twixt, friend, you, strength, Gods · **What happens:** roar, appear, pledge, return, make, guess · **To what, where:** kings, counsel faith, month 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 (wise, Twixt, friend, you), 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:pg78491:12:52 # text = Then roared the kings a long and loud applause, Since wise appeared that counsel: faith they pledged, And sureties in the hearing of the Gods: Likewise Cuchullain, when his friend returned, Made answer; ‘Well you guessed! a month or more My strength will hold: meantime our Uladh arms.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 applause applause NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 Since since SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 13 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 17 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 pledged pledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 sureties surety NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Likewise Likewise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Well well INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 conj _ _ 50 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 55 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 56 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar** | past | | the kings | | | then | sureties in the hearing of the Gods Likewise Cuchullain and Made answer *obl*; a long applause *obj*; meantime and our Uladh arms *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **appear** | past | wise | counsel faith | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pledge** | past | Twixt | counsel faith *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | | 4 | **return** | past | CUCHULLAIN's friend | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **guess** | past | you | | | | month | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hold** | future | My strength | a month *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent month=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | | the Gods | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/12/)