--- title: But on that day Beside your daughter’s cairn--more royal far Though… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But on that day Beside your daughter’s cairn--more royal far Though fortunate less was she--we two conversed: I said; “Without one blow you think to pass Eman, that cast me forth! Who acts: I, you, Eman. 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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 (I, you, Eman), 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:pg78491:15:51 # text = But on that day Beside your daughter’s cairn--more royal far Though fortunate less was she--we two conversed: I said; “Without one blow you think to pass Eman, that cast me forth! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 Beside beside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 cairn cairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 12 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 14 Though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 16 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nsubj _ _ 22 conversed converse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Without without ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 35 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 forth forth ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · passive | | Nor | | | | we *nsubj:pass*; two *nsubj*; converse *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | without one blow | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Eman | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eman=Trajectory | | 5 | **cast** *in a quote* | past | Eman | me | | | | forth *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)