--- title: Longer that churl had stood save that in sleep Growled the great wol… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Longer that churl had stood save that in sleep Growled the great wolf-hound couched beside the bed: The traitor turned; and, skilled to crawl and creep, Reached the half open gates, and homeward fled, And found the king new-risen, and nodding spake, ‘Rejoice, great monarch, for thy kingdom’s sake! 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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 (churl, sleep, traitor, homeward), 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:pg78491:4:64 # text = Longer that churl had stood save that in sleep Growled the great wolf-hound couched beside the bed: The traitor turned; and, skilled to crawl and creep, Reached the half open gates, and homeward fled, And found the king new-risen, and nodding spake, ‘Rejoice, great monarch, for thy kingdom’s sake! 1 Longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 churl churl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 save save ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 8 in in SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 Growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 16 couched couch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 beside beside ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 skilled skill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 creep creep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 37 compound _ _ 36 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 53 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Rejoice rejoice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’s 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · perfect | that churl | | | | | save that; long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **growl** | past | sleep | the great wolf hound | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Topic | | 3 | **couch** | participle | | the great wolf hound *not said here* | | the bed | | | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | past | the traitor | the great wolf hound *not said here* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme hound=Result | | 5 | **skill** | participle | that churl *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **crawl** | to-infinitive | that churl *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **creep** | infinitive | that churl *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **reach** | past | that churl *not said here* | half open gates | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | | 9 | **flee** | past | homeward | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **find** | past | homeward *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent king=Attribute clause=Theme | | 11 | **rise** | participle | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **nod** | gerund | homeward *not said here* | spake | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Patient | | 13 | **rejoice** | infinitive | | great monarch | | | | for thy kingdom's sake | tree rules | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)