--- title: The legend adds that in her tent that hour Faythleen, the witch, she… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The legend adds that in her tent that hour Faythleen, the witch, she saw, who sat and wove A mystic web and sang a mystic song, Seen but by her:--and, later, o’er her bed Men say that Orloff bent, her buried son, And spake; ‘This day the battle shall be fought Of Gairig and Ilgairig.’ Who acts: lege --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/200/) [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/) / 200 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 200 The legend adds that in her tent that hour Faythleen, the witch, she saw, who sat and wove A mystic web and sang a mystic song, Seen but by her:--and, later, o’er her bed Men say that Orloff bent, her buried son, And spake; ‘This day the battle shall be fought Of Gairig and Ilgairig.’ **Who acts:** legend, hour Faythleen, bed Men, Orloff · **What happens:** add, see, sit, weave, sing, say · **To what, where:** tent, mystic web, mystic song, buried son · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (legend, hour Faythleen, bed Men, Orloff), 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:pg78491:15:202 # text = The legend adds that in her tent that hour Faythleen, the witch, she saw, who sat and wove A mystic web and sang a mystic song, Seen but by her:--and, later, o’er her bed Men say that Orloff bent, her buried son, And spake; ‘This day the battle shall be fought Of Gairig and Ilgairig.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 9 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Faythleen Faythleen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 wove weave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 o’er o'er SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 Orloff Orloff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 amod _ _ 52 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 57 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 59 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 65 Of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Gairig Gairig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 Ilgairig Ilgairig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the legend | legend's tent | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | hour Faythleen | legend's tent *not said here* | | | | Faythleen *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tent=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **weave** | past | | a mystic web | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent web=Product | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | | a mystic song | | | | late *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 6 | **see** | participle | | a mystic song *not said here* | | | | legend *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | legend's bed Men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **bend** | past | Orloff | legend's buried son | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent son=Material | | 9 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **fight** | shall · passive | hour Faythleen *not said here* | | | | day | of Gairig and Ilgairig | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V» | 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 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/199/) - next →: [sentence 201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/201/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)