--- title: Then Deirdré: ‘Nay, but from some rock-girt field Loud-voiced the sh… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Deirdré: ‘Nay, but from some rock-girt field Loud-voiced the shepherd bids his mates rejoice: Some boar is slain, or wolf that vexed the land; Play on!’ Who acts: some, field, Deirdré, mates. 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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 (some, field, Deirdré, mates), 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:pg78491:5:64 # text = Then Deirdré: ‘Nay, but from some rock-girt field Loud-voiced the shepherd bids his mates rejoice: Some boar is slain, or wolf that vexed the land; Play on!’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 from from SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 nsubj _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 girt girt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 Loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 voiced voice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 bids bid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 rejoice rejoice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 vexed vex VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 37 on on ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **girt** | infinitive | some | field | | | | rock *compound* | tree rules | | 2 | **voice** *speech: other* | participle | field *not said here* | the shepherd | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shepherd=Topic | | 3 | **bid** | present | Deirdré | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rejoice** | present | shepherd's mates | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | some boar | | | | | wolf *appos*; slain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **vex** | past | wolf | the land | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus land=Experiencer | | 7 | **play on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)