--- title: Dreadful gaze Long fixed they, each on other; Fergus spake: ‘Is this… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Dreadful gaze Long fixed they, each on other; Fergus spake: ‘Is this indeed that king who filched that realm Not his, then shamed it by a bloodier fraud; Who brake his pledge; who murdered Usnach’s sons; Who drave from Uladh, Uladh’s rightful king;-- And comes he at my hand to meet his doom? 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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 (Dreadful gaze, this, king, bloodier fraud), 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:pg78491:15:166 # text = Dreadful gaze Long fixed they, each on other; Fergus spake: ‘Is this indeed that king who filched that realm Not his, then shamed it by a bloodier fraud; Who brake his pledge; who murdered Usnach’s sons; Who drave from Uladh, Uladh’s rightful king;-- And comes he at my hand to meet his doom? 1 Dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 conj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 17 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 filched filch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 shamed shame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 bloodier bloody ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 brake break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 murdered murder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 42 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 drave drave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 rightful rightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | past | Dreadful gaze | foes *= foe* | | | | Fergus spake *obl*; long *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | this | that king | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **filch** | past | that king | that realm gaze | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | | 4 | **shame** | past | Dreadful gaze *not said here* | sole | | | then | by a bloodier fraud | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 5 | **break** | present | a bloodier fraud | gaze's pledge | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pledge=Patient | | 6 | **murder** | past | a bloodier fraud | Usnach's sons | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 7 | **drave** | past | Usnach's sons | | | Uladh | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | present | Dreadful gaze *not said here* | pledge | | my hand | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 9 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Dreadful gaze *not said here* | gaze's doom | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doom=Co-Agent | | 10 | **pledge** | | gaze | | | | | | nom pledge «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **doom** | | gaze | | | | | | nom doom «event 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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/165/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)