--- title: Forth sped the accursed one on his mission foul, And came on Deirdré… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Forth sped the accursed one on his mission foul, And came on Deirdré singing all alone, And took his stand, ill visaged as a Ghoul, And named the terms, base love and future throne: And she with darkening eyes no word replied Save this alone; ‘Till I return, abide!’ Who acts: bride, I, Love. 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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 (bride, I, Love), 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:pg78491:4:71 # text = Forth sped the accursed one on his mission foul, And came on Deirdré singing all alone, And took his stand, ill visaged as a Ghoul, And named the terms, base love and future throne: And she with darkening eyes no word replied Save this alone; ‘Till I return, abide!’ 1 Forth forth ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mission mission NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 foul foul NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 alone alone ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 visaged visaged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Ghoul Ghoul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 darkening darken VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:unmarked _ _ 48 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 49 Save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 obj _ _ 51 alone alone ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Till till SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 abide abide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speed** | past | | the accursed one | | Love's mission foul | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent one=Theme on foul=Trajectory | | 2 | **accurs** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | Deirdré | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on deirdré=Location | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | alone *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | | Love's stand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Theme | | 6 | **name** | past | | the terms | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme | | 7 | **darken** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | bride | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **save** | infinitive | bride *not said here* | this | | | | alone *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 10 | **return** | present | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **abide** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **foul** | | Love | | | | | | nom foul «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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)