--- title: The very air you breathe, The founts whereof you drink, the soil you… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The very air you breathe, The founts whereof you drink, the soil you tread, Are all impregnate with a sacred rage; And false alike to usage, country, blood, Were he among you who, for three hours’ space, Discerned ’twixt friend and foeman. Who acts: you, air. 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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 (you, air), 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:pg78491:14:64 # text = The very air you breathe, The founts whereof you drink, the soil you tread, Are all impregnate with a sacred rage; And false alike to usage, country, blood, Were he among you who, for three hours’ space, Discerned ’twixt friend and foeman. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 breathe breathe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 founts fount NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 9 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 tread tread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 impregnate impregnate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 36 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Discerned discerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 49 ’ ' PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 twixt twixt NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 foeman foeman NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe** | present | you | the air *not said here* | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | present | you | | | | | whereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tread** | present | you | the soil *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location soil=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the air | | | | | with a sacred rage; the founts and the soil *nsubj*; all, impregnate *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the air *not said here* | | | | | to usage and country and blood | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | | Alone | | | | among you; who hours space *parataxis* | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)