--- title: Three days in pride they paced a neighbouring height: Three days the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Three days in pride they paced a neighbouring height: Three days the Pict, thus challenged, stood at gaze, And ofttimes grimly turned from lord to lord: They answered nought; nor any raised his sword. Who acts: brothers, ofttimes. 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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 (brothers, ofttimes), 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:pg78491:4:78 # text = Three days in pride they paced a neighbouring height: Three days the Pict, thus challenged, stood at gaze, And ofttimes grimly turned from lord to lord: They answered nought; nor any raised his sword. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 paced pace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Pict Pict PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 thus thus ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 challenged challenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 ofttimes ofttime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 grimly grimly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 38 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pace** | past | brothers *= brother* | a neighbouring height | | pride | day | Lord's raised sword *obl* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location height=Theme | | 2 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **challenge** | participle | | a neighbouring height *not said here* | | | day | thus *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | gaze | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gaze=Location | | 5 | **turn** | past | ofttimes | | | | | from lord; to lord *result*; grimly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from lord=Initial\_State to lord=Result | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | brothers *= brother* | nought | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent nought=Eventuality | | 7 | **raise** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)