--- title: Upon his breast He laid, in iron sheathed, a huge, flat stone, For t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon his breast He laid, in iron sheathed, a huge, flat stone, For thus he said, ‘Though many a feat of arms Is mine, from Scatha learned, or else self-taught, The Gae-Bulg is Cuchullain’s!’ Who acts: Red, many feat, Scatha. 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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 (Red, many feat, Scatha), 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:pg78491:13:166 # text = Upon his breast He laid, in iron sheathed, a huge, flat stone, For thus he said, ‘Though many a feat of arms Is mine, from Scatha learned, or else self-taught, The Gae-Bulg is Cuchullain’s!’ 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 sheathed sheath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 For for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 thus thus ADV RB _ 20 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 feat feat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 from from SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 Scatha Scatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 else else ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 43 Gae Gae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Bulg Bulg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | Red | | | iron and a huge flat stone | | upon Red's breast | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon breast=Destination | | 2 | **sheath** | participle | | iron and a huge flat stone *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Red | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | a many feat of arms | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** | past | Scatha | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | self *compound*; else *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | 's the Gae Bulg Cuchullain | tree rules | 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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/165/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)