--- title: To his task The strong one sped, and change was over all: Again the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: To his task The strong one sped, and change was over all: Again the voice of discipline was heard: None drank in booths; none rushed abroad; with sloth Fierceness had vanished. Who acts: None, sloth Fierceness, host. 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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 (None, sloth Fierceness, 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:pg78491:15:127 # text = To his task The strong one sped, and change was over all: Again the voice of discipline was heard: None drank in booths; none rushed abroad; with sloth Fierceness had vanished. 1 To to 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 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 7 sped speed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 10 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 15 Again again ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 discipline discipline NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 None None PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 booths booth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 30 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 with with SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 sloth sloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Fierceness fierceness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speed** | participle | | the strong one *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | the strong one | | | | to host's task | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **drink** | past | None | | | booths | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rush** | past | none | | | | | abroad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **vanish** | past · perfect | sloth Fierceness | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **task** | | host | | | | | | nom task «act 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)