--- title: Ah, but for that how many a warrior’s brand’-- ‘His realm,’ she said… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, but for that how many a warrior’s brand’-- ‘His realm,’ she said, ‘is his: my heart mine own: A maiden I have lived: maiden would die:’ The warrior fixed on hers his strong grey eye. Who acts: many, heart, I, maiden. 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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 (many, heart, I, maiden), 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:pg78491:4:24 # text = Ah, but for that how many a warrior’s brand’-- ‘His realm,’ she said, ‘is his: my heart mine own: A maiden I have lived: maiden would die:’ The warrior fixed on hers his strong grey eye. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nsubj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 29 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 48 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | many that a warrior's brand and Naisi's realm | | | | | Erin *nsubj*; Naisi's ‘ *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | Naisi | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **own** | present | my heart mine | Naisi's ‘ *not said here* | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ‘=Theme | | 4 | **live** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | would | maiden | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **'** | infinitive | maiden *not said here* | the warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fix** | participle | the warrior *not said here* | Naisi's strong grey eye | | | | on Erin | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **brand** | | a warrior | | | | | | nom brand «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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)