--- title: Conor was loved and feared: one clan alone Nor feared, nor loved him… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Conor was loved and feared: one clan alone Nor feared, nor loved him, Usnach’s: and the king In Usnach’s house a rival to his throne Or noting, or belike imagining, Still watched that house to crush it, had he dared; But Uladh loved it, and her monarch spared. 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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 (one clan, Still, house, Conor), 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:pg78491:3:9 # text = Conor was loved and feared: one clan alone Nor feared, nor loved him, Usnach’s: and the king In Usnach’s house a rival to his throne Or noting, or belike imagining, Still watched that house to crush it, had he dared; But Uladh loved it, and her monarch spared. 1 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 clan clan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 14 cc _ _ 14 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 23 In in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 Or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 noting note VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 belike belike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 imagining imagining NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Still Still PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 But but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past · passive | | Conor | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **fear** | past | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fear** | past | one clan | Usnach's king in Usnach's house a rival to Conor's throne | | | | Nor *nsubj* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **love** | past | one clan *not said here* | Conor | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **note** | gerund | one clan *not said here* | belike imagining | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent imagining=Topic | | 6 | **watch** | past | Still | that house | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **crush** | to-infinitive | that house *not said here* | house | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | Still *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **dare** | past | Conor | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **love** | past | Uladh | house | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 11 | **spare** | past | Uladh's monarch | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)