--- title: He reached Ilgairig’s southern verge: he reined his steeds: High in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: He reached Ilgairig’s southern verge: he reined his steeds: High in his car he stood; with level hand Screening his eyes he scanned that battle-field, His future course decreeing. Who acts: Ilgairig, level hand. 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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 (Ilgairig, level hand), 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:pg78491:15:251 # text = He reached Ilgairig’s southern verge: he reined his steeds: High in his car he stood; with level hand Screening his eyes he scanned that battle-field, His future course decreeing. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Ilgairig Ilgairig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 verge verge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reined rein VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 level level ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 23 Screening screen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 scanned scan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 29 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 36 decreeing decree VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Ilgairig | Ilgairig's southern verge | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent verge=Theme | | 2 | **rein** | past | Ilgairig | Ilgairig's steeds | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past | Ilgairig | Ilgairig's car *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus | | 4 | **screen** | gerund | level hand *not said here* | Ilgairig's eyes | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 5 | **scan** | past | Ilgairig | that battle field | | | | with level hand; Ilgairig's future course *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme | | 6 | **decree** | gerund | Ilgairig *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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 248](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/248/) - next →: [sentence 250](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/250/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)