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As one refreshed by sleep He rose: he clomb his war-car; sought the foe; Threescore he slew, their best. **Who acts:** Ithal, Threescore, Leech · **What happens:** prepare, work, bath, bade, draw, refresh · **To what, where:** working bath, word, man, Ithal, sleep, war car This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ithal, Threescore, Leech), 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:pg78491:14:100 # text = At his word Ithal prepared a wonder-working bath Strewn with strange herbs, and bathed therein the man, Then bade him drink of some elixir bright Drawn from the sun. As one refreshed by sleep He rose: he clomb his war-car; sought the foe; Threescore he slew, their best. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Ithal Ithal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 11 Strewn strewn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bathed bath VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 therein therein ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 nmod _ _ 28 elixir elixir NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 29 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 30 Drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 As as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 36 refreshed refresh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 clomb clomb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 Threescore threescore NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past | Ithal | a working bath | | Leech's word | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | | 2 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | wonder *compound* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bath** | past | Ithal *not said here* | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bade** | past | Ithal *not said here* | Ithal | | | then | drink of some elixir *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | as one; from the sun. | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from sun.=Co-Patient | | 6 | **refresh** | participle | | | | | | by sleep | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **rise** | past | Ithal | sleep *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sleep=Theme | | 8 | **clomb** | past | Ithal | Ithal's war car | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **seek** | past | Ithal *not said here* | the foe | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | | 10 | **slay** | past | Threescore | men's best | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient | | 11 | **word** | | Leech | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)