--- title: Next morn the Ulidians where that shield had stood In silence stern… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Next morn the Ulidians where that shield had stood In silence stern planted three pillar-stones, White daughters of the tempest-beaten hills, In Ogham graved, ‘Vanquished by Uladh’s sons Here fled the invader, Meave.’ Who acts: silence stern, sons. 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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 (silence stern, sons), 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:pg78491:15:279 # text = Next morn the Ulidians where that shield had stood In silence stern planted three pillar-stones, White daughters of the tempest-beaten hills, In Ogham graved, ‘Vanquished by Uladh’s sons Here fled the invader, Meave.’ 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Ulidians Ulidian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 In in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 stern stern NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 15 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 In in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Ogham Ogham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 graved grave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 39 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 invader invader NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive | | Next morn | | silence stern | | the Ulidians *nsubj:pass*; that shield *nsubj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in stern=Destination | | 2 | **plant** | participle | silence stern *not said here* | three pillar stones and White daughters of the beaten hills | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | | 3 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | tempest *compound* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grave** | past | | | | Ogham | | | tree rules | | 5 | **vanquish** | participle | Uladh's sons *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **flee** | past | Uladh's sons | the invader | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme invader=Initial\_Location | 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 276](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/276/) - next →: [sentence 278](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/278/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)