--- title: He delved a trench Barring from Uta’s plain the advancing foe, And b… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He delved a trench Barring from Uta’s plain the advancing foe, And bridges o’er it flung, that so his host Permission given, and not till then, might strike Forth pouring torrent-like at Uladh’s heart: Pits too he dug bristling with stakes sod-hid. Who acts: Fierceness, bridges, that, sod. 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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 (Fierceness, bridges, that, sod), 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:pg78491:15:129 # text = He delved a trench Barring from Uta’s plain the advancing foe, And bridges o’er it flung, that so his host Permission given, and not till then, might strike Forth pouring torrent-like at Uladh’s heart: Pits too he dug bristling with stakes sod-hid. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 delved delve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 trench trench NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Barring barring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Uta Uta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 advancing advance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 25 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 29 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 strike strike VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 34 Forth forth ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 advcl _ _ 36 torrent torrent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 45 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 48 bristling bristle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 51 sod sod NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **delve** | past | Fierceness | a trench Barring | | Uta's plain | | the advancing foe *obl:unmarked* | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent barring=Location | | 2 | **advance** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fling** | past | bridges o'er plain | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | participle | | Fierceness's host Permission and Pits *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **strike** | might | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pour** | gerund | | | | Uladh's heart | | forth, like *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 7 | **dig** | past | that | | | | | Fierceness's host Permission and Pits *nsubj*; Fierceness *nsubj* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bristle** | gerund | that *not said here* | | | | | with stakes | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location with stake=Theme | | 9 | **hide** | past | sod | stakes *not said here* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stake=Patient | | 10 | **permit** | | Fierceness | | | | | | nom permission «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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/128/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)