--- title: Kings and queen, The end of war is retribution just For deeds unjust… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Kings and queen, The end of war is retribution just For deeds unjust; ill cure for greater ill: Wars there must be; and woman-mouthed were he Who railed against them:--aye, but demon-mouthed The man that boasts of war-dishonouring wars Opprobrious, spiteful, predatory, base. 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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 (end, Kings, man), 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:pg78491:15:29 # text = Kings and queen, The end of war is retribution just For deeds unjust; ill cure for greater ill: Wars there must be; and woman-mouthed were he Who railed against them:--aye, but demon-mouthed The man that boasts of war-dishonouring wars Opprobrious, spiteful, predatory, base. 1 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 retribution retribution NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 For for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 14 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Wars War PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 mouthed mouth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 railed rail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 aye aye INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 mouthed mouth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 dishonouring dishonour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 amod _ _ 53 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 54 Opprobrious opprobrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 spiteful spiteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 predatory predatory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the end of war | retribution | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | Wars | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mouth** | participle | | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure *not said here* | | | | woman *compound* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure | | | | against ends *= end* | spake *= speak* *nsubj*; Who *nsubj*; rail *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **mouth** | participle | Kings and queen and retribution and deeds and ill cure *not said here* | the man | | | | demon *compound* | tree rules | | 6 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | the man | | | | | of dishonouring wars and base | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dishonour** | gerund | | | | | | war *compound* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)