--- title: He with stealthy foot Stepping o’er corpses of his brethren slain, M… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He with stealthy foot Stepping o’er corpses of his brethren slain, Made keen-eyed inquest of the wounds; then spake: ‘Of these the least is dangerous: fatal none: Two cures for such there be, diverse in kind; Ketherne, thou son of Fintan, make thy choice! 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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 (stealthy foot, brethren slain, Ithal, these), 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:pg78491:14:95 # text = He with stealthy foot Stepping o’er corpses of his brethren slain, Made keen-eyed inquest of the wounds; then spake: ‘Of these the least is dangerous: fatal none: Two cures for such there be, diverse in kind; Ketherne, thou son of Fintan, make thy choice! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 stealthy stealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 Stepping step VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 o’er o' ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 corpses corpse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 inquest inquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 cures cure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 appos _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 37 nmod _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 diverse diverse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Ketherne Ketherne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 50 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Fintan Fintan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 55 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | gerund | stealthy foot *not said here* | o’er corpses of Ithal's brethren slain | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location corpse=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | Ithal's brethren slain *not said here* | eyed inquest of the wounds | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquest=Product | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Ithal | Ketherne | | | then | none *parataxis* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | these | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **son** | | thou | | | | | of Fintan | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | present | Ithal *not said here* | thy choice | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/94/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)