--- title: ‘How say ye, Lords, for leave ye have to speak; That which ye think,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘How say ye, Lords, for leave ye have to speak; That which ye think, reveal: all doubts repel; Find ye in Uladh aught decayed or weak, Amiss, or lacking? Who acts: ye, That, doubts. 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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 (ye, That, doubts), 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:pg78491:5:17 # text = ‘How say ye, Lords, for leave ye have to speak; That which ye think, reveal: all doubts repel; Find ye in Uladh aught decayed or weak, Amiss, or lacking? 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Lords Lord PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 doubts doubt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 repel repel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 31 obl _ _ 31 decayed decay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Amiss amiss ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ye | Lords | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | ye | | | | | for leave | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | That | | | | | which *nsubj*; ye *nsubj* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **reveal** | infinitive | That *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **repel** | present | all doubts | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **find** | infinitive | That *not said here* | ye | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent ye=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **decay** | past | | | | aught | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **lack** | gerund | That *not said here* | | | | | | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)