--- title: ‘Their singing is the best all Uladh boasts; Of all her sons most co… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Their singing is the best all Uladh boasts; Of all her sons most courteous they and kind; To heaven devoutest of her countless hosts: Softly along his path they lead the blind; Submission made, no more remember ill; Nor ever kissed a maid against her will. 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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 (singing, Uladh, clansmen, Submission), 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:pg78491:3:74 # text = ‘Their singing is the best all Uladh boasts; Of all her sons most courteous they and kind; To heaven devoutest of her countless hosts: Softly along his path they lead the blind; Submission made, no more remember ill; Nor ever kissed a maid against her will. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 parataxis _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 Of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 To to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 23 devoutest devout ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 countless countless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 Softly softly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 along along ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lead lead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Submission Submission PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 no no ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 advmod _ _ 48 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 against against ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | clansmen's singing | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | all Uladh | | | | | heaven *parataxis* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead** | present | clansmen *= clansman* | the blind | | heaven's path | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blind=Theme along path=Destination | | 4 | **make** | past | Submission | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **remember** | present | Submission *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kiss** | past | Nor | a maid | | | ever | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Co-Agent | | 7 | **sing** | | clansmen *= clansman* | | | | | | nom singing «act 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)