--- title: We know not whether the Dun-Aengus had yet lifted its ponderous mass… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: We know not whether the Dun-Aengus had yet lifted its ponderous masses on Aran Island; but two centuries were to go by before Queen Macha traced the foundations of Emania, and five before Queen Meave built the palace of Cruachan. Who acts: We, two centuries, Queen. 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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 (We, two centuries, Queen), 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:pg78491:2:16 # text = We know not whether the Dun-Aengus had yet lifted its ponderous masses on Aran Island; but two centuries were to go by before Queen Macha traced the foundations of Emania, and five before Queen Meave built the palace of Cruachan. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Dun Dun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Aengus Aengus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ponderous ponderous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Aran Aran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 Macha Macha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 29 traced trace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 foundations foundation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Emania Emania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obl _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Cruachan Cruachan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present | We | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lift** | past · perfect · passive | | the Dun Aengus | | Aran Island | yet | Aengus's ponderous masses *obj* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme mass=Destination | | 3 | **go** | past | two centuries | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **trace** | past | Queen | the foundations of Emania | | | | five *obl* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Theme | | 5 | **build** | past | Queen | the palace of Cruachan | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)