--- title: The Firbolg frowned: she faltered, ‘Am I false, False to my race’--a… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The Firbolg frowned: she faltered, ‘Am I false, False to my race’--and tears were in her voice-- ‘False to my race, who cannot wish such ending?’ Who acts: Firbolg, I, tears, voice. 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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 (Firbolg, I, tears, voice), 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:pg78491:13:56 # text = The Firbolg frowned: she faltered, ‘Am I false, False to my race’--and tears were in her voice-- ‘False to my race, who cannot wish such ending?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Firbolg Firbolg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 frowned frown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 faltered falter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frown** | past | the Firbolg | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **falter** | past | Firbolg | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | to my race; false *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | tears | | | race's voice | | race *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | tears *not said here* | | | | | to my race | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **wish** | can | race's voice | such ending | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ending=Theme | | 8 | **race** | | my | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **race** | | my | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)