--- title: Next, to Cuchullain Conor signed; then spake; ‘Cuchullain! if I sent… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Next, to Cuchullain Conor signed; then spake; ‘Cuchullain! if I sent thee o’er the sea, With Usnach’s exiled sons a pact to make, And then, despite thy surety given, those Three Vanished, late-landed; what would happen then?’ Who acts: Cuchullain, I, Usnach ’s, Three. 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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 (Cuchullain, I, Usnach ’s, Three), 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:pg78491:5:33 # text = Next, to Cuchullain Conor signed; then spake; ‘Cuchullain! if I sent thee o’er the sea, With Usnach’s exiled sons a pact to make, And then, despite thy surety given, those Three Vanished, late-landed; what would happen then?’ 1 Next next ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 signed sign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 With with SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s ' NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 exiled exile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 despite despite ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 surety surety NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 38 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 Three Three PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 Vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | past | Cuchullain | | | | | next *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Cuchullain *not said here* | Cuchullain | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | thee | | | | o'er the sea | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **exile** | past | Usnach ’s | sons | | | | a pact *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Usnach ’s *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **give** | participle | | thy surety *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **vanish** | past | that Three | | | | then | despite thy surety | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **land** | participle | that Three *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **happen** | would | | | | | then | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)