--- title: If his host, Now dubious, joins the bands that vex our flank No choi… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: If his host, Now dubious, joins the bands that vex our flank No choice remains but this, a homeward course Or, if a march to Eman, then the loss Of half our hard-earned spoil and hate thenceforth Of all our vassal kings.’ Who acts: bands, choice, this, our. 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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 (bands, choice, this, our), 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:pg78491:14:122 # text = If his host, Now dubious, joins the bands that vex our flank No choice remains but this, a homeward course Or, if a march to Eman, then the loss Of half our hard-earned spoil and hate thenceforth Of all our vassal kings.’ 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 dubious dubious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 joins join VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 vex vex VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 flank flank NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 Or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 35 Of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 36 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 41 det:predet _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 hate hate NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 thenceforth thenceforth ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 45 Of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 47 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 vassal vassal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | present | | the bands | | | | site's host *advcl* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Patient | | 2 | **vex** | present | the bands | our flank | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flank=Experiencer | | 3 | **remain** | present | no choice | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **course** | | this | | | | | our vassal kings a march to Eman and the loss of our earned spoil and hate *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **earn** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spoil** | | our | | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/121/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)