--- title: Meave herself With downward mace three champions slew that day, Him… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meave herself With downward mace three champions slew that day, Him last, that felon son of faithful sire, Buini, the Ruthless Red, who, breaking pledge, Betrayed the sons of Usnach for a bribe: His father’s prophecy the Accursed fulfilled Slain by a woman’s hand. 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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 (you, three champions, Ruthless Red, prophecy), 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:pg78491:15:157 # text = Meave herself With downward mace three champions slew that day, Him last, that felon son of faithful sire, Buini, the Ruthless Red, who, breaking pledge, Betrayed the sons of Usnach for a bribe: His father’s prophecy the Accursed fulfilled Slain by a woman’s hand. 1 Meave meave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 With with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 downward downward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mace mace NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 champions champion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 parataxis _ _ 13 last last ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 felon felon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Buini Buini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Ruthless Ruthless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 31 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Betrayed betray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bribe bribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 48 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 49 Slain Slain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meave** | imperative | you *not said here* | confederate | | | | with downward mace; strength *parataxis*; that felon son of faithful sire *parataxis*; last *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **slay** | past | three champions | | | | day | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | gerund | the Ruthless Red | pledge | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pledge=Patient | | 4 | **betray** | past | | the sons of Usnach | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **accurs** | participle | | strength's father's prophecy *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fulfil** | past | strength's father's prophecy | Slain | | | | for a bribe; by a woman's hand | tree rules | 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/156/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)