--- title: Well stricken harp Gladdened that festive throng; and many a tale, T… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Well stricken harp Gladdened that festive throng; and many a tale, The rage of hunger lessening by degrees, Ailill recounted of the heroic past, When, youthful yet, he ranged ’mid friends and foes Such men as breathed no longer. Who acts: rage, Ailill, hunger. 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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 (rage, Ailill, hunger), 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:pg78491:13:37 # text = Well stricken harp Gladdened that festive throng; and many a tale, The rage of hunger lessening by degrees, Ailill recounted of the heroic past, When, youthful yet, he ranged ’mid friends and foes Such men as breathed no longer. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Gladdened gladden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 festive festive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 throng throng NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 lessening lessen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Ailill Ailill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 recounted recount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 32 yet yet ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ranged range VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 ’ ' ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 mid mid ADJ JJ _ 38 amod _ _ 38 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 45 no no ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gladden** | participle | | stricken harp and a many tale *not said here* | | | | festive throng *advcl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lessen** | gerund | the rage of hunger *not said here* | | | | | by degrees | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | Ailill | | | | | of the heroic past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **range '** | past | Ailill | mid friends and foes and Such men | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friend=Theme | | 5 | **breathe** | participle | Ailill *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rage** | | hunger | | | | | | nom rage «feeling 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)