--- title: It is significant that while the sentenced belong to the earlier Tua… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It is significant that while the sentenced belong to the earlier Tuatha de Dannan race, the witch, while imprecating upon them the curse, addresses them thus:--‘Ye of the white faces, of the stammering _Gael_.’ Who acts: function, white faces. 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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 (function, white faces), 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:pg78491:2:6 # text = It is significant that while the sentenced belong to the earlier Tuatha de Dannan race, the witch, while imprecating upon them the curse, addresses them thus:--‘Ye of the white faces, of the stammering _Gael_.’ 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 significant significant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 dep _ _ 7 sentenced sentence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 11 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 12 Tuatha Tuatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 13 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 Dannan Dannan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 imprecating imprecate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 addresses address VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 thus thus ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stammering stammer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Gael Gael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | function | | | | | the white faces Ye *parataxis*; significant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sentence** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **belong** | present | function *not said here* | | | | | to the earlier Tuatha Dannan race and the witch | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **imprecate** | gerund | function *not said here* | the curse | | | | upon race | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Theme | | 5 | **address** | present | function *not said here* | race | | | | thus *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination | | 6 | **stammer** *speech: other* | gerund | the white faces Ye *not said here* | Gael | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gael=Topic | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)