--- title: Meave, to calm his wrath, Albeit debate she scorned, a council calle… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meave, to calm his wrath, Albeit debate she scorned, a council called And made demand, ‘To Eman speed we, Kings, With central wound striking at Uladh’s heart, Or wind, as now, at random through the realm, With havoc huge, and plunder?’ Who acts: Meave, central wound. 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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 (Meave, central wound), 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:pg78491:14:40 # text = Meave, to calm his wrath, Albeit debate she scorned, a council called And made demand, ‘To Eman speed we, Kings, With central wound striking at Uladh’s heart, Or wind, as now, at random through the realm, With havoc huge, and plunder?’ 1 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 calm calm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Albeit albeit ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 debate debate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 scorned scorn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 15 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 To to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Kings Kings PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 With with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 31 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 Or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 random random NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 With with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 havoc havoc NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 51 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 plunder plunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calm** | to-infinitive | Meave | fury's wrath | | | | albeit debate and a council; central wound to Eman speed we *parataxis*; random through the realm and havoc and plunder *parataxis* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wrath=Experiencer | | 2 | **scorn** | past | Meave | debate and a council *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debate=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | | a council *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | participle | | demand | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset demand=Product | | 5 | **strike** | gerund | central wound to Eman speed we *not said here* | wind | | | | at Uladh's heart | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at heart=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)