--- title: Wondering they heard, but no man made reply, For Conor’s will was lo… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Wondering they heard, but no man made reply, For Conor’s will was lord to all and each, A man of counsel deep, and purpose high, In action sudden, sparing of his speech: Early he won the people to his will: Ere long they feared him: but they loved him still. Who acts: Conor, destinies, man. 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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 (Conor, destinies, man), 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:pg78491:3:2 # text = Wondering they heard, but no man made reply, For Conor’s will was lord to all and each, A man of counsel deep, and purpose high, In action sudden, sparing of his speech: Early he won the people to his will: Ere long they feared him: but they loved him still. 1 Wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 For for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 lord lor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 In in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 sparing spare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 Early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 Ere ere ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 still still ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past | | no man's reply | | | | destinies *= destiny* *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** | participle | | no man *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **lor** | future · passive | | Conor | | | | to all | tree rules | | 5 | **spare** | gerund | | | | | | of man's speech | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **win** | past | Conor | the people | | | | early *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality | | 7 | **fear** | past | destinies *= destiny* | man | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **love** | past | destinies *= destiny* | man | | | still | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 9 | **reply** | | no man | | | | | | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **speak** | | man | | | | | | nom speech «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)