--- title: For two days the ancient friends contend against each other with rel… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: For two days the ancient friends contend against each other with reluctance and remorse: but on the third day the battle-rage bursts fully forth: and on the fourth, Cuchullain, himself pierced through with wounds innumerable, slays Ferdīa by the Gae-Bulg. Who acts: ancient friends, friend. 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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 (ancient friends, friend), 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:pg78491:13:9 # text = For two days the ancient friends contend against each other with reluctance and remorse: but on the third day the battle-rage bursts fully forth: and on the fourth, Cuchullain, himself pierced through with wounds innumerable, slays Ferdīa by the Gae-Bulg. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 contend contend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 7 obl _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 fixed _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 reluctance reluctance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 remorse remorse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 bursts burst NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 fully fully ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 forth forth ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pierced pierce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 innumerable innumerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 slays slay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 44 Ferdīa Ferdīa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 Gae Gae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Bulg Bulg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contend** | present | the ancient friends | | | | day | against each; with reluctance and remorse; forth *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with reluctance=Co-Agent | | 2 | **pierce** | participle | friend | | | | | through wounds; innumerable *property* | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent through wound=Patient | | 3 | **slay** | present | the ancient friends *not said here* | Ferdīa | | | | by the Gae Bulg | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ferdīa=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)