--- title: The first is slow but certain: where thou liest Full three months th… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The first is slow but certain: where thou liest Full three months thou must lie; then rise restored: The second is immediate: strength divine It pours like light into a warrior’s veins; Then dies its virtue, and the warrior dies!’ Who acts: first, thou, second, divine. 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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 (first, thou, second, divine), 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:pg78491:14:96 # text = The first is slow but certain: where thou liest Full three months thou must lie; then rise restored: The second is immediate: strength divine It pours like light into a warrior’s veins; Then dies its virtue, and the warrior dies!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liest lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 pours pour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 veins vein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the first | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the first *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | present | thou | | | | month | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lie** | must | thou | Full three months *not said here* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location month=Theme | | 5 | **rise** | infinitive | the first *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **restore** | participle | the first *not said here* | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | the second | | | | | strength divine *conj*; immediate *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **pour** | present | divine | strength divine *not said here* | | a warrior's veins | | like light | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent divine=Theme into vein=Destination | | 9 | **die** | present | the first *not said here* | divine's virtue | | | then | | tree rules | | 10 | **die** | present | the warrior | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)