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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 (unwarlike race, genealogies), 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:pg78491:2:18 # text = They are described as an unwarlike race that worked in mines, and practised magical arts--arts through which, when dispossessed by a stronger foe, they had ‘retired into invisibility,’ living an immortal life among hills and under lakes. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 unwarlike unwarlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 mines mine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 dispossessed dispossess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 invisibility invisibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' SYM SYM _ 37 punct _ _ 37 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 immortal immortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | genealogies *= genealogy* | | | | as a unwarlike race | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as race=Attribute | | 2 | **work** | past | a unwarlike race | | | | | in mines | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mine=Theme | | 3 | **practise** | past | | magical arts and arts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dispossess** | participle | | | | arts | | by a stronger foe | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | genealogies *= genealogy* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **retire** | participle | genealogies *= genealogy* *not said here* | | | invisibility | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **live** | gerund | genealogies *= genealogy* *not said here* | a immortal life | | | | among hills and lakes | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)