--- title: But straight the men of Erin cried aloud, ‘The king, the king!’ and… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But straight the men of Erin cried aloud, ‘The king, the king!’ and Naisi’s brothers twain, Ainli and Ardan, though to help him vowed At need, not less to break that troth were fain: ‘Beware,’ they cried; ‘since Cathbad long ago Foretold that Babe was born for Uladh’s woe!’ Who acts: men, life, trot --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/) / 48 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 48 But straight the men of Erin cried aloud, ‘The king, the king!’ and Naisi’s brothers twain, Ainli and Ardan, though to help him vowed At need, not less to break that troth were fain: ‘Beware,’ they cried; ‘since Cathbad long ago Foretold that Babe was born for Uladh’s woe!’ **Who acts:** men, life, troth · **What happens:** cry, help, vow, break, be, beware · **To what, where:** king, need, Babe This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, life, troth), 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:pg78491:4:48 # text = But straight the men of Erin cried aloud, ‘The king, the king!’ and Naisi’s brothers twain, Ainli and Ardan, though to help him vowed At need, not less to break that troth were fain: ‘Beware,’ they cried; ‘since Cathbad long ago Foretold that Babe was born for Uladh’s woe!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 Naisi Naisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 compound _ _ 22 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Ainli Ainli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Ardan Ardan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 At at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 troth troth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Beware beware VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 since since ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Cathbad Cathbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 55 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ _ 56 ago ago ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 Foretold foretell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 Babe Babe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’s 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the men of Erin | the king | | | | brothers twain *conj*; aloud, straight *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **vow** | past | life | | | need | | | tree rules | | 4 | **break** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | that troth | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **beware** | infinitive | the men of Erin *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **foretell** | past | the men of Erin *not said here* | | | | since Cathbad | ago *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bear** | past · passive | | Babe | | | | for Uladh's woe | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for woe=Attribute | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)