--- title: That king am I Who, less than thou by lineage, but in mind Loftier,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That king am I Who, less than thou by lineage, but in mind Loftier, attained that crown thou could’st not keep; That king, who, breaking through a jesting pact As eagles through a mist, by doom deserved Requited rebels proved. Who acts: king, thou, Requited rebels. 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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 (king, thou, Requited rebels), 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:pg78491:15:169 # text = That king am I Who, less than thou by lineage, but in mind Loftier, attained that crown thou could’st not keep; That king, who, breaking through a jesting pact As eagles through a mist, by doom deserved Requited rebels proved. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 lineage lineage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 Loftier Loftier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 attained attain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could’st could'st AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 jesting jest VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 As as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 44 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 45 Requited requite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 rebels rebel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that king | | | | | than thou; by lineage; I *nsubj*; Who *nsubj*; less *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **attain** | past | that king *not said here* | that crown | | mind | | that king *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 3 | **not** **keep** | present | thou | that crown *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 4 | **break** | gerund | that king | | | a jesting pact | | as eagles; through a mist | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through pact=Location | | 5 | **jest** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deserve** | past | that king *not said here* | | | | | by doom | tree rules | | 7 | **requite** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **prove** | past | Requited rebels | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/168/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)