--- title: But when six days Were past, and none had seen that threatening helm… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when six days Were past, and none had seen that threatening helm, There went abroad a rumour, ‘he is dead:’ Then sped to her six champions claiming fight: Whom from her presence spurning, Meave advanced With all her host o’er Uladh’s frontier line By Daré’s castle and the ill-omened gate Whereon --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/) / 15 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 15 But when six days Were past, and none had seen that threatening helm, There went abroad a rumour, ‘he is dead:’ Then sped to her six champions claiming fight: Whom from her presence spurning, Meave advanced With all her host o’er Uladh’s frontier line By Daré’s castle and the ill-omened gate Whereon high-seated Daré’s Fool had hurled Against her scorn and gibe. **Who acts:** tread, six champions, Finobar · **What happens:** see, threaten, go, be, speed, claim · **To what, where:** none, helm, rumour, Meave advanced, six champions, fight This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tread, six champions, Finobar), 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:pg78491:14:17 # text = But when six days Were past, and none had seen that threatening helm, There went abroad a rumour, ‘he is dead:’ Then sped to her six champions claiming fight: Whom from her presence spurning, Meave advanced With all her host o’er Uladh’s frontier line By Daré’s castle and the ill-omened gate Whereon high-seated Daré’s Fool had hurled Against her scorn and gibe. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 Were where ADV WRB PronType=Rel|Typo=Yes 6 advmod _ _ 6 past past ADV RB _ 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 threatening threaten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 14 helm helm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 16 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 18 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ _ 28 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 champions champion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 claiming claim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 spurning spurning NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 advanced advanced NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 45 With with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 49 o’er o' ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 50 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 frontier frontier NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 54 By by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 Daré Daré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 60 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 omened omen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 amod _ _ 63 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 64 Whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 72 advmod _ _ 65 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 amod _ _ 68 Daré Daré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’s 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 73 Against against ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 gibe gibe NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | none | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **threaten** | gerund | | helm | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus helm=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | past | | a rumour | | there | | abroad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | tread | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **speed** | past | tread *not said here* | Meave advanced with Finobar's host and Uladh's frontier line by Daré's castle and the omened gate | | Finobar's six champions | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to champion=Destination | | 6 | **claim** *speech: other* | gerund | Finobar's six champions *not said here* | fight | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fight=Topic | | 7 | **omen** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **seat** | participle | | | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 9 | **hurl** | past · perfect · passive | | seated Daré's Fool | | Finobar's scorn and gibe | | whereon *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme against scorn=Destination | | 10 | **scorn** | | Finobar | | | | | | nom scorn «feeling 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)