--- title: I shall stand that hour Your King Elect; not Ailill’s choice, but yo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: I shall stand that hour Your King Elect; not Ailill’s choice, but yours; The Battle-King; for well ye know that I, None else, have skill to range the battle-field, And roll the thunders forth of genuine war. Who acts: I, ye. 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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, ye), 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:pg78491:15:71 # text = I shall stand that hour Your King Elect; not Ailill’s choice, but yours; The Battle-King; for well ye know that I, None else, have skill to range the battle-field, And roll the thunders forth of genuine war. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 Elect Elect PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 Ailill Ailill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Battle Battle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 that that ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 30 None None PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 range range VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thunders thunder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 forth forth ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | shall | I | Your King | | | hour | the Battle King *obl*; None *obl*; Ailill's choice *conj*; yours *conj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | ye | | | | | that I; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** | present | I *not said here* | skill | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient | | 4 | **range** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the battle field | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location field=Theme | | 5 | **roll** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the thunders | | | | of genuine war; forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent thunder=Theme of war=Trajectory | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)