--- title: Devout and grave, He taught her all the Ogham signs to read,[10] Ins… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Devout and grave, He taught her all the Ogham signs to read,[10] Inscribed on mossy stone or mystic stave; And how to trace green Erin’s Kings, each one To Heber or Heremon, Ir, or Donn. Who acts: Druid, Ogham. 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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 (Druid, Ogham), 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:pg78491:3:25 # text = Devout and grave, He taught her all the Ogham signs to read,[10] Inscribed on mossy stone or mystic stave; And how to trace green Erin’s Kings, each one To Heber or Heremon, Ir, or Donn. 1 Devout devout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Ogham Ogham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 signs sign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 18 Inscribed inscribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 mossy mossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 mystic mystic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 stave stave NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 trace trace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 37 To to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Heber Heber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 Heremon Heremon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Ir Ir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Donn Donn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Druid | | Officious | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **sign** | present | all Ogham | | | | | | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V when S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **read** | to-infinitive | all Ogham *not said here* | 10 | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **inscribe** | participle | | | | mossy stone or mystic stave | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on stone=Destination | | 5 | **trace** | to-infinitive | Druid *not said here* | green Erin's Kings | | | | each one to Heber or Heremon and Ir or Donn *parataxis* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)