--- title: Next day, while near them buzzed At noon the gilded insect swarm, he… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Next day, while near them buzzed At noon the gilded insect swarm, he spake; ‘While lived Ferdīa wounds to thee were jest; Thy grief it is that drags thee to the pit; Grief; and for what? Who acts: Cuchullain, Ferdīa, thee, grief. 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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 (Cuchullain, Ferdīa, thee, grief), 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:pg78491:14:24 # text = Next day, while near them buzzed At noon the gilded insect swarm, he spake; ‘While lived Ferdīa wounds to thee were jest; Thy grief it is that drags thee to the pit; Grief; and for what? 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 7 buzzed buzz VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 At at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 12 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 While while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 Ferdīa Ferdīa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wounds wound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 jest jest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 drags drag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | past | | the gilded insect swarm and spake | | | day; noon | near men *= man*; what *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **gild** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | | Cuchullain | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wound** | present | Ferdīa | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | thee | jest | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | Thy grief | | | | | to the pit; Grief *obl*; thee *obj*; drag *property* | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)