--- title: He gave command like one that, born to power, With courteous might s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He gave command like one that, born to power, With courteous might scarce conscious puts it forth: He spake the word: all heard him: all obeyed Magnanimous to feel when majesty Authentic stood before them. Who acts: sod, courteous, Authentic. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/128/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/) / 128 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 128 He gave command like one that, born to power, With courteous might scarce conscious puts it forth: He spake the word: all heard him: all obeyed Magnanimous to feel when majesty Authentic stood before them. **Who acts:** sod, courteous, Authentic · **What happens:** give, bear, put, speak, hear, obey · **To what, where:** command, word, sod, Magnanimous · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sod, courteous, Authentic), 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:pg78491:15:130 # text = He gave command like one that, born to power, With courteous might scarce conscious puts it forth: He spake the word: all heard him: all obeyed Magnanimous to feel when majesty Authentic stood before them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 With with SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 17 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 spake speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 advmod _ _ 31 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 Magnanimous Magnanimous PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 Authentic authentic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 39 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | sod | command | | | | like one that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | participle | sod *not said here* | | | | | to power | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **put** | present | courteous | command | | | | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | sod | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | past | | sod | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **obey** | past | | Magnanimous | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **feel** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **stand** | past | Authentic majesty | | | | before stakes *= stake* | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before they=Location | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/129/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)