--- title: Long that fight endured: Three times exhausted sank their hands: thr… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Long that fight endured: Three times exhausted sank their hands: three times They sat on rocks for respite, each the other Eyeing askance, not silent; ‘Lo the man Who shields an ox-like or a swine-like race That strikes no blow itself!’ or thus; ‘Ah pledge Of amity eterne in old time sworn! 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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 (fight, Three times, dropp, each), 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:pg78491:13:136 # text = Long that fight endured: Three times exhausted sank their hands: three times They sat on rocks for respite, each the other Eyeing askance, not silent; ‘Lo the man Who shields an ox-like or a swine-like race That strikes no blow itself!’ or thus; ‘Ah pledge Of amity eterne in old time sworn! 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 endured endure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 respite respite NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nsubj _ _ 25 Eyeing eye VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 26 askance askance ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 shields shield VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 38 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 47 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 48 strikes strike VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 50 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 thus thus ADV RB _ 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 57 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 59 discourse _ _ 59 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 60 Of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 amity amity NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 eterne eterne NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | past | that fight | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **exhaust** | participle | | Three times *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sink** | past | Three times | dropp's hands | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **sit** | past | dropp | | | rocks | time | for respite | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | | 5 | **eye** | gerund | each | | | | | askance *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **shield** | present | the man | a like like race | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **strike** | present | a like like race | no blow fight | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | | 8 | **swear** | participle | pledge of amity eterne in old time | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pledge** | | | amity eterne in old time | | | | | nom pledge «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/135/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)