--- title: The siege of Eman means a three months’ siege: Be wary lest, ere yet… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The siege of Eman means a three months’ siege: Be wary lest, ere yet that time is past King Conor with his exiles makes a pact, And they who now but rate thee drink thy blood: Be wary likewise lest in half that time Thy host melt from thee like a wreath of snow! 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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 (siege, past King Conor, host), 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:pg78491:14:57 # text = The siege of Eman means a three months’ siege: Be wary lest, ere yet that time is past King Conor with his exiles makes a pact, And they who now but rate thee drink thy blood: Be wary likewise lest in half that time Thy host melt from thee like a wreath of snow! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 wary wary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 16 ere ere ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 yet yet ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 exiles exile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 rate rate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ _ 38 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 wary wary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 44 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 52 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 det _ _ 49 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 melt melt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obl _ _ 55 like like ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | the siege of Eman | a three months's siege | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siege=Topic | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | the siege of Eman *not said here* | | | | | wary *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | | past King Conor | | | time | with Conor's exiles | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | present | past King Conor | a pact | | | yet | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pact=Product | | 5 | **rate** | infinitive | | thee | | | | who exiles *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **drink** | infinitive | | thy blood | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | likewise, wary *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **melt** | present | Thy host | | | half | time | from thee; like a wreath of snow | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)