--- title: O noble Alba, Scotia later named, Then when the race of Scota and he… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: O noble Alba, Scotia later named, Then when the race of Scota and her Lord O’er all thy holy isles and highlands famed Had raised the Gaelic harp, the Gaelic sword, And Kenneth, Pictish rule extinguished, reared That throne of kings for centuries revered! Who acts: race, Had, Kenneth, Scota. 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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 (race, Had, Kenneth, Scota), 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:pg78491:4:56 # text = O noble Alba, Scotia later named, Then when the race of Scota and her Lord O’er all thy holy isles and highlands famed Had raised the Gaelic harp, the Gaelic sword, And Kenneth, Pictish rule extinguished, reared That throne of kings for centuries revered! 1 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 3 case _ _ 2 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Alba Alba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Scotia Scotia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 9 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Scota Scota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 18 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 isles isle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 highlands highland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 25 famed fame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 Had Had PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Gaelic gaelic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Gaelic gaelic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 Kenneth Kenneth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Pictish pictish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 extinguished extinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 43 reared rear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 44 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 50 revered revere VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle · passive | | Scotia | | | | of noble Alba; late *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **fame** | past | the race of Scota thy holy isles and highlands and Scotia's Lord | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **raise** | past | Had | the Gaelic harp and the Gaelic sword | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=Theme | | 4 | **rear** | past | Kenneth | that throne of kings | | | century | | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Patient | | 5 | **revere** | participle | | centuries *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **race** | | Scota | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)