--- title: Low-toned he spake; ‘Barach! a keep thou hast There where the grey c… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Low-toned he spake; ‘Barach! a keep thou hast There where the grey cliffs break the northern brine: When Fergus comes from Alba, hold him fast: Heap high thy banquet; make that proud one thine! Who acts: Conor, thou, grey cliffs, Fergus. 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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, thou, grey cliffs, Fergus), 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:pg78491:5:47 # text = Low-toned he spake; ‘Barach! a keep thou hast There where the grey cliffs break the northern brine: When Fergus comes from Alba, hold him fast: Heap high thy banquet; make that proud one thine! 1 Low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 toned tone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Barach Barach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 keep keep NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 13 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 break break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 brine brine NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Alba Alba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tone** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | | Conor | | | | | Barach *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | thou | a keep | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keep=Patient | | 4 | **break** | present | the grey cliffs | the northern brine | | there | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brine=Patient | | 5 | **come** | present | Fergus | | | Alba | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from alba=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hold** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | Fergus | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **make** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | that proud one thine | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)