--- title: Nathless through Conor’s craft such toils were woven ’Twixt them and… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Nathless through Conor’s craft such toils were woven ’Twixt them and Erin’s Kings, to spare that wrong Felt at low hearths when royal pacts are cloven, They built by northern Moyle a fleet ere long, And spread their sails from Kermnah Dûn, and o’er The grey-green billows sailed to Alba’s shore. 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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 (royal pacts, pacts, green billows, 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:pg78491:4:53 # text = Nathless through Conor’s craft such toils were woven ’Twixt them and Erin’s Kings, to spare that wrong Felt at low hearths when royal pacts are cloven, They built by northern Moyle a fleet ere long, And spread their sails from Kermnah Dûn, and o’er The grey-green billows sailed to Alba’s shore. 1 Nathless Nathless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 toils toil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Twixt Twixt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Felt felt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hearths hearth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 pacts pact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 cloven cloven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Moyle Moyle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 39 ere ere ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Kermnah Kermnah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 Dûn Dûn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 51 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 52 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 53 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 billows billow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 57 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 Alba Alba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weave** | past · passive | | Nathless through Conor's craft such toils | | | | Twixt Twixt and Erin's Kings *obl* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | | that wrong Felt | | low hearths | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent felt=Asset | | 3 | **is** | present | royal pacts | | | | | cloven *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **build** | past | pacts *= pact* | a fleet | | | | by northern Moyle; long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fleet=Product | | 5 | **spread** | past | pacts *= pact* *not said here* | pacts's sails | | Kermnah | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | | 6 | **sail** | past | the green billows | | | Alba's shore | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to shore=Trajectory | | 7 | **toil** | | Conor | | | | | | nom toil «act intransitive»: 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)