--- title: The doomed one answered calm, ‘Cuchullain, slow of foot, but strong… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The doomed one answered calm, ‘Cuchullain, slow of foot, but strong of hand Fate drags his victim to the spot decreed: The choice to-day is mine: I choose the sword.’ Who acts: doomed one, Fate, choice, I. 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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 (doomed one, Fate, choice, I), 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:pg78491:13:149 # text = The doomed one answered calm, ‘Cuchullain, slow of foot, but strong of hand Fate drags his victim to the spot decreed: The choice to-day is mine: I choose the sword.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 Fate Fate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 drags drag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 25 decreed decree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doom** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the doomed one | Cuchullain | | | | calm *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drag** | present | Fate | Cuchullain's victim | | | | of hand | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent victim=Theme of hand=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **decree** | past | | | | | | to the spot | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | the choice to day | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **choose** | present | I | the sword | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/148/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)