--- title: Next told she how for Tara’s King they found No consort worthy of th… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Next told she how for Tara’s King they found No consort worthy of the royal bed From east to west through Erin’s utmost bound; And how, dream-warned, the youth had northward sped: And how, from fountain-bower by Fairy Brugh, A white maid looked on him with eyes of blue. 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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 (earth, fountain bower), 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:pg78491:3:59 # text = Next told she how for Tara’s King they found No consort worthy of the royal bed From east to west through Erin’s utmost bound; And how, dream-warned, the youth had northward sped: And how, from fountain-bower by Fairy Brugh, A white maid looked on him with eyes of blue. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 12 consort consort NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 worthy worthy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 From from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 21 west west ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 northward northward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 sped speed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Brugh Brugh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Nor | | | next *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | past | earth | no consort worthy of the royal bed from east | | | | for Tara's King; to Erin's utmost bound | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent worthy=Theme for king=Beneficiary | | 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | participle | | | | | | dream *compound* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **speed** | past · perfect · passive | | the youth | | | | northward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | fountain bower by Fairy Brugh | | | | | on maid; with eyes of blue; a white maid *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)