--- title: There stood they, Fergus loftiest by the head, His sons beside him,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: There stood they, Fergus loftiest by the head, His sons beside him, stalwart men, and tall, Illan the Fair, Buini the Ruthless Red: Reverent and sweet she kissed them, each and all, She and the Brothers: next they made demand Of news the latest from their native land. Who acts: meteors, cloud. 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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 (meteors, cloud), 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:pg78491:5:82 # text = There stood they, Fergus loftiest by the head, His sons beside him, stalwart men, and tall, Illan the Fair, Buini the Ruthless Red: Reverent and sweet she kissed them, each and all, She and the Brothers: next they made demand Of news the latest from their native land. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 loftiest lofty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 parataxis _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 13 beside beside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 stalwart stalwart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Buini Buini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Ruthless Ruthless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Reverent Reverent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 appos _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 31 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 list _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 next next ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 50 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 Of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 obj _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | meteors *= meteor* | | | there | | Fergus's sons beside Fergus and stalwart men *parataxis*; Illan and Buini *parataxis*; Reverent the Brothers cloud *parataxis* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | cloud | meteors *= meteor* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | meteors *= meteor* | demand of news | | | | next *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset demand=Beneficiary late=Product | | 4 | **demand** | | | news | | | | | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)