--- title: So well were Usnach’s sons both loved and feared King Conor could bu… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: So well were Usnach’s sons both loved and feared King Conor could but rail against the wrong: All round the isle they marched with banner reared, And trumpet blown, and many a tale and song, Welcomed in court and camp both near and far, From Esro’s[12] Falls to sea-beat Binedar. 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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 (Usnach sons, sons, 12), 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:pg78491:4:51 # text = So well were Usnach’s sons both loved and feared King Conor could but rail against the wrong: All round the isle they marched with banner reared, And trumpet blown, and many a tale and song, Welcomed in court and camp both near and far, From Esro’s[12] Falls to sea-beat Binedar. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 both both ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 All all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 round round ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 banner banner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 reared rear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 trumpet trumpet AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Welcomed welcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 both both ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 near near ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 From from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 52 Esro Esro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 57 Falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 Binedar Binedar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | 's Usnach; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | past | Usnach sons | | | | | both *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fear** | past | Usnach sons *not said here* | King | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 4 | **march** | past | sons *= son* | the isle *not said here* | | | | with banner | tree rules | | 5 | **rear** | participle | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **blow** | present · passive | | | | | | a many tale and song *conj* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» | | 7 | **welcome** | participle | | a many tale and song *not said here* | | court and camp | | near *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location | | 8 | **fall** | present | 12 | | | | | to sea beat; Esro *nmod:poss* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to beat=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)