--- title: The gaze Of Leagh was on him fixed: he heard it not: Slowly it died;… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The gaze Of Leagh was on him fixed: he heard it not: Slowly it died; and as it died the wail Came feebly forth from Uladh’s host. Who acts: gaze, hand, wail, Leagh. 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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 (gaze, hand, wail, Leagh), 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:pg78491:15:233 # text = The gaze Of Leagh was on him fixed: he heard it not: Slowly it died; and as it died the wail Came feebly forth from Uladh’s host. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Leagh Leagh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 8 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 Slowly slowly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 feebly feebly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 forth forth ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the gaze of Leagh | | | | | on Leagh; fix *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hear** | past | gaze | hand | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **die** | past | hand | | | | | slowly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **die** | past | hand | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **come** | past | the wail | | | Uladh's host | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from host=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **gaze** | | Leagh | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: of=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 230](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/230/) - next →: [sentence 232](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/232/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)