--- title: That king am I Who, when with traitors thou true pact hadst made, Fo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That king am I Who, when with traitors thou true pact hadst made, Forth hurled thee naked to the wild wolf’s lair: That was the worst I wished thee: worse by far If aught of kingly once was thine thou found’st-- Beneath a hostile roof the beggar’s dole Gorged on a golden platter, and the hand Protec --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/168/) [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/) / 168 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 168 That king am I Who, when with traitors thou true pact hadst made, Forth hurled thee naked to the wild wolf’s lair: That was the worst I wished thee: worse by far If aught of kingly once was thine thou found’st-- Beneath a hostile roof the beggar’s dole Gorged on a golden platter, and the hand Protectress, of a woman!’ **Who acts:** king, thou, traitors, worst · **What happens:** be, have, make, hurl, wish, gorge · **To what, where:** I, traitors, thee, lair, dole 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 (king, thou, traitors, worst), 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:pg78491:15:170 # text = That king am I Who, when with traitors thou true pact hadst made, Forth hurled thee naked to the wild wolf’s lair: That was the worst I wished thee: worse by far If aught of kingly once was thine thou found’st-- Beneath a hostile roof the beggar’s dole Gorged on a golden platter, and the hand Protectress, of a woman!’ 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 5 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 traitors traitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 hadst have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 Forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 lair lair NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 nsubj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 35 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 conj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 obl _ _ 38 If if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 32 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 41 kingly kingly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 46 advmod _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found’st found'st NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Beneath beneath ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 hostile hostile NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 dole dole NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 56 Gorged gorge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 platter platter NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 Protectress protectress NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ! ! PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 65 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that king *not said here* | I | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | thou | traitors *not said here* | | | | true pact *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | traitors *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **hurl** | participle | traitors *not said here* | thee | | the wild wolf's lair | | forth, naked *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to lair=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | that king | | | | | with traitors; Who *nsubj*; That *nsubj*; bad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | past | the worst | thee | | | | I *nsubj*; aught *parataxis*; the hand Protectress *parataxis* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thou=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | thou | | | | | of thine found’st and a hostile roof the beggar's dole; thine *nmod:poss*; a hostile roof the beggar's dole *conj*; once *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **gorge** | participle | | the beggar's dole *not said here* | | | | on a golden platter | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on platter=Patient | 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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/169/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)