--- title: ‘A death to mighty hosts that face shall be: Through her a king shal… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘A death to mighty hosts that face shall be: Through her a king shall pass to banishment: Through her shall perish Usnach’s peerless Three; Through her from sacred Eman’s[9] roofs fire-rent Even now I see the reddening smoke-cloud leap: Deirdré her name. Who acts: mighty hosts, king, roofs, I. 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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 (mighty hosts, king, roofs, I), 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:pg78491:2:93 # text = ‘A death to mighty hosts that face shall be: Through her a king shall pass to banishment: Through her shall perish Usnach’s peerless Three; Through her from sacred Eman’s[9] roofs fire-rent Even now I see the reddening smoke-cloud leap: Deirdré her name. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 face face VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 peerless peerless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 30 Through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 Even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 48 reddening redden VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 nsubj _ _ 49 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present | mighty hosts | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | shall · infinitive | a king | | | | | through death; to banishment; pass *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **perish** | shall | a king *not said here* | Usnach peerless Three | | sacred Eman | | through death; through death | tree rules | | 4 | **rent** | | roofs | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | present | I | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **redden** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **leap** | | | | | | | Deirdré *appos* | tree rules | | 8 | **name** | | death | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)