--- title: • p. 16: Added opening single quotation mark before phrase “Ever at… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: • p. 16: Added opening single quotation mark before phrase “Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say,” change internal opening single quotation mark in this stanza to double quotation mark, and add closing double quotation mark to end of stanza. Who acts: Uladh, clansmen, •. 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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 (Uladh, clansmen, •), 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:pg78491:16:153 # text = • p. 16: Added opening single quotation mark before phrase “Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say,” change internal opening single quotation mark in this stanza to double quotation mark, and add closing double quotation mark to end of stanza. 1 • • PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 2 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 6 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 quotation quotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 feasts feast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 clansmen clansman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 23 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 internal internal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 25 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 26 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 quotation quotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 stanza stanza NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 quotation quotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 39 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 quotation quotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 stanza stanza NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | | • *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **open** | gerund | | single quotation mark | | | before phrase | | tree rules | | 3 | **feast** *in a quote* | present | Uladh | | | | ever | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the clansmen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **change** | present | • | internal double quotation mark | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient | | 6 | **open** | gerund | | single quotation mark | | this stanza | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme in stanza=Location | | 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | • *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **close** | gerund | • *not said here* | double quotation mark | end of stanza | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mark=Patient to end=Recipient | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/151/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/)