--- title: Then the vast acclaim Burst louder thrice from that exulting host; A… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the vast acclaim Burst louder thrice from that exulting host; And thus they cried; ‘We feared the royal blame, And therefore hid our counsel; but that morn Those Three return, old Uladh stands re-born.’ Who acts: vast acclaim, sons, We, morn. 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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 (vast acclaim, sons, We, morn), 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:pg78491:5:23 # text = Then the vast acclaim Burst louder thrice from that exulting host; And thus they cried; ‘We feared the royal blame, And therefore hid our counsel; but that morn Those Three return, old Uladh stands re-born.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 acclaim acclaim NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 louder loud ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 thrice thrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 exulting exult VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 thus thus ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 re-born re-born NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | the vast acclaim | thrice | | that exulting host | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thrice=Theme | | 2 | **exult** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | sons *= son* | | | | | thus *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fear** | past | We | the royal blame | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus | | 5 | **hide** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | our counsel | | | | therefore *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Patient | | 6 | **stand** | present | that morn | re-born | | | | that Three return *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer re-born=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)