--- title: Huge lion of the forestry of war; Fair, central pillar of the House… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Huge lion of the forestry of war; Fair, central pillar of the House of Fame; But yesterday he towered above the world: This day he lies along the earth, a shade.’ Who acts: Huge lion, day. 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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 (Huge lion, day), 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:pg78491:13:228 # text = Huge lion of the forestry of war; Fair, central pillar of the House of Fame; But yesterday he towered above the world: This day he lies along the earth, a shade.’ 1 Huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forestry forestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Fame Fame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 But but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 towered tower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 above above ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 along along ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tower** | past | Huge lion of the forestry of war and Fair central pillar of the House of Fame | | | the world | yesterday | lion *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above world=Location | | 2 | **lie** | present | this day | | | the earth and a shade | | lion *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along earth=Location | | 3 | **forest** | | | war | | | | | nom forestry «cognition 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 225](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/225/) - next →: [Opening, part 14, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)