--- title: Fergus raised The unvanquishable sword so late restored: It fell in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Fergus raised The unvanquishable sword so late restored: It fell in thunder: with it fell the king, Fell to his knees, a bleeding mass, and blind: Again that sword was raised: a moment more Had ended all: then leaped to Fergus’ feet, His knees enclasping, Cormac Conlinglas King Conor’s son. 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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 (Fergus, victory, moment, knees), 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:pg78491:15:174 # text = Fergus raised The unvanquishable sword so late restored: It fell in thunder: with it fell the king, Fell to his knees, a bleeding mass, and blind: Again that sword was raised: a moment more Had ended all: then leaped to Fergus’ feet, His knees enclasping, Cormac Conlinglas King Conor’s son. 1 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 unvanquishable unvanquishable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 with with SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Fell Fell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 bleeding bleeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 Again again ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 Had Had PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 enclasping enclasp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Cormac Cormac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 58 Conlinglas Conlinglas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 flat _ _ 59 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ _ 60 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 62 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | Fergus | the unvanquishable sword | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **restore** | participle | Fergus *not said here* | | | | | late *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | victory | | | thunder | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in thunder=Location | | 4 | **fall** | past | victory | the king | | | | to Fell's knees *result*; a bleeding mass *obl* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient king=Extent to knee=Result | | 5 | **raise** | past · passive | Fergus *not said here* | | | | | again that sword | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **end** | past | a moment | | | | | all *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **leap** | participle | a moment *not said here* | Cormac | | Fergus's feet | then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | | 8 | **enclasp** | gerund | Had's knees | | | | | | 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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/173/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)