--- title: Then Conor unto Conal signed; and these Stood speaking in a casement… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Conor unto Conal signed; and these Stood speaking in a casement far apart: ‘Conal, if I should send thee o’er the seas, And lo! on Uladh’s soil, through Naisi’s heart The Fates sent darkness, what would happen then?’ Who acts: Conor, these, I, Fates. 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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 (Conor, these, I, Fates), 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:pg78491:5:27 # text = Then Conor unto Conal signed; and these Stood speaking in a casement far apart: ‘Conal, if I should send thee o’er the seas, And lo! on Uladh’s soil, through Naisi’s heart The Fates sent darkness, what would happen then?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Conal Conal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 signed sign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 9 Stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 casement casement NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 apart apart ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Conal Conal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 lo lo INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 Naisi Naisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 41 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Fates fate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | past | Conor unto Conal | | | Uladh's soil | then | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on soil=Destination | | 2 | **stand** | past | these | Conal | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | these *not said here* | | | a casement | | apart *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | I | thee | | | | o'er the seas | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **send** | past | the Fates | darkness | | Naisi's heart | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darkness=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | would | darkness | | | | then | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **soil** | | Uladh | | | | | | nom soil «state transitive»: 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)