--- title: To me it seems that each work is structurally complete in itself; bu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: To me it seems that each work is structurally complete in itself; but that, in spirit, the two are strikingly unlike, the ‘Tain’ being essentially epic, while the ‘Sons of Usnach’ is a tragedy cast in a narrative form. Who acts: it, work, two, Sons. 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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 (it, work, two, Sons), 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:pg78491:2:21 # text = To me it seems that each work is structurally complete in itself; but that, in spirit, the two are strikingly unlike, the ‘Tain’ being essentially epic, while the ‘Sons of Usnach’ is a tragedy cast in a narrative form. 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 structurally structurally ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 strikingly strikingly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 unlike unlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Tain tain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 31 essentially essentially ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 epic epic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Sons Son PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tragedy tragedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 44 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | it | | me | | | spirit that *conj* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | each work | | | | | in work; complete, structurally *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the two | | | | | the Tain *appos*; strikingly, unlike *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | gerund | the two *not said here* | | | | | epic, essentially *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | the Sons of Usnach | a tragedy | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cast** | participle | | a tragedy *not said here* | | a narrative form | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in form=Destination | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)