--- title: When, centuries earlier, stood on Alba’s coast Usnach’s brave sons,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: When, centuries earlier, stood on Alba’s coast Usnach’s brave sons, her king received them well: Treaty they made: they joined to his their host, And taught him soon the insurgent tribes to quell, Yet still they loved him not: ‘His soul is mean,’ They said; ‘by him shall Deirdré ne’er be seen.’ Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/58/) [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/) / 58 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 58 When, centuries earlier, stood on Alba’s coast Usnach’s brave sons, her king received them well: Treaty they made: they joined to his their host, And taught him soon the insurgent tribes to quell, Yet still they loved him not: ‘His soul is mean,’ They said; ‘by him shall Deirdré ne’er be seen.’ **Who acts:** king, Treaty, sons, soul · **What happens:** stand, receive, make, join, teach, quell · **To what, where:** brave sons, coast, sons, insurgent tribes, king, Deirdré ne’er · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, Treaty, sons, soul), 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:pg78491:4:59 # text = When, centuries earlier, stood on Alba’s coast Usnach’s brave sons, her king received them well: Treaty they made: they joined to his their host, And taught him soon the insurgent tribes to quell, Yet still they loved him not: ‘His soul is mean,’ They said; ‘by him shall Deirdré ne’er be seen.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 4 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Alba Alba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Treaty Treaty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 insurgent insurgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 quell quell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 50 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 57 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 60 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 64 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 ne’er ne'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | Usnach's brave sons | | Alba's coast | | early *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme on coast=Destination | | 2 | **receive** | past | Alba's king | sons *= son* | | | | well *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | Treaty | | | | | sons *= son* *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **join** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | to king's host | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to host=Co-Patient | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Treaty *not said here* | the insurgent tribes | king | | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tribe=Topic | | 6 | **quell** | to-infinitive | Treaty *not said here* | the insurgent tribes *not said here* | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **love** | past | sons *= son* | king | | | still | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | present | king's soul | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | shall · passive | king | Deirdré ne’er | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)