--- title: That eve, men say, While slowly paced Cuchullain t’ward the camp, La… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: That eve, men say, While slowly paced Cuchullain t’ward the camp, Lamenting strains of Goddesses were heard, For whatsoe’er was female loved the man, If earthly female, with a human love, If heavenly, with a love compassionate, Lamenting strains that, ere his youth had passed, That starry head must --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/282/) [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/) / 282 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 282 That eve, men say, While slowly paced Cuchullain t’ward the camp, Lamenting strains of Goddesses were heard, For whatsoe’er was female loved the man, If earthly female, with a human love, If heavenly, with a love compassionate, Lamenting strains that, ere his youth had passed, That starry head must lie by Fate’s decree Amid the dust of death. **Who acts:** eve, Cuchullain, youth, starry head, Goddesses, Fate · **What happens:** say, pace, t'war, lament, hear, love · **To what, where:** camp, strains, female loved man, compassionate Lamenting strains · **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 (eve, Cuchullain, youth, starry head), 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:pg78491:15:284 # text = That eve, men say, While slowly paced Cuchullain t’ward the camp, Lamenting strains of Goddesses were heard, For whatsoe’er was female loved the man, If earthly female, with a human love, If heavenly, with a love compassionate, Lamenting strains that, ere his youth had passed, That starry head must lie by Fate’s decree Amid the dust of death. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 While while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 paced pace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 10 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 t’ward t'war VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 strains strain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Goddesses goddess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 For for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 whatsoe’er whatsoe'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 If if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 earthly earthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 female female NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 If if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 heavenly heavenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 45 compassionate compassionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Lamenting lament VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 amod _ _ 48 strains strain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 58 starry starry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 60 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 Fate Fate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’s 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 66 Amid amid ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | that eve | | | | | men *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pace** | participle | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **t'war** | past | Cuchullain | the camp | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lament** | gerund | Cuchullain *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hear** | past · passive | | strains of Goddesses | | | | a human love *vocative*; earthly female *conj*; a love and compassionate Lamenting strains *parataxis*; heavenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **love** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the female loved man | | | | for whatsoe’er | tree rules | | 8 | **lament** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **ere** | past | | compassionate Lamenting strains | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **pass** | past · perfect | man's youth | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **lie** | must | that starry head | | | | | by Fate's decree; amid the dust of death | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by decree=Location | | 12 | **strain** | | Goddesses | | | | | | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | | 13 | **decree** | | Fate | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: poss=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 281](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/281/) - next →: [sentence 283](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/283/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)