--- title: ‘But thou, the sons of Usnach send to me: What cause I have to trust… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But thou, the sons of Usnach send to me: What cause I have to trust that race thou knowest: Be sure thy feast hold out two days or three: My love thenceforth thou hast where’er thou goest.’ Who acts: thou, I, feast, My. 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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 (thou, I, feast, My), 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:pg78491:5:49 # text = ‘But thou, the sons of Usnach send to me: What cause I have to trust that race thou knowest: Be sure thy feast hold out two days or three: My love thenceforth thou hast where’er thou goest.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 14 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 35 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 37 thenceforth thenceforth ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 40 where’er where'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | thou | My love | me | | | the sons of Usnach *nsubj* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent love=Theme to i=Destination | | 2 | **cause** | present | | | | | | What *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **trust** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that race | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | thou | that race *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer race=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold out** | infinitive | thy feast | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | present | thou | where’er | | | | thenceforth *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent where'er=Patient | | 9 | **go** | present | thou | where’er *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location where'er=Theme | | 10 | **love** | | My | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)