--- title: Swift came the answer; ‘Friends, the news is this; The king repents… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Swift came the answer; ‘Friends, the news is this; The king repents him of the ignoble deed That cost his realm her bravest; zealous is To quench that deed, and cancel; hath decreed That you and yours, henceforth and evermore Shall live secure on Erin’s sacred shore: Who acts: Swift, news, king, ign --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/83/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/) / 83 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 83 Swift came the answer; ‘Friends, the news is this; The king repents him of the ignoble deed That cost his realm her bravest; zealous is To quench that deed, and cancel; hath decreed That you and yours, henceforth and evermore Shall live secure on Erin’s sacred shore: **Who acts:** Swift, news, king, ignoble deed, zealous · **What happens:** come, be, repent, cost, cancel, have · **To what, where:** answer, this, Swift, bravest, sacred shore This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Swift, news, king, ignoble deed), 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:pg78491:5:83 # text = Swift came the answer; ‘Friends, the news is this; The king repents him of the ignoble deed That cost his realm her bravest; zealous is To quench that deed, and cancel; hath decreed That you and yours, henceforth and evermore Shall live secure on Erin’s sacred shore: 1 Swift Swift PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 repents repent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 ignoble ignoble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 23 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 zealous zealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 To to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 quench quench VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cancel cancel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 decreed decree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 evermore evermore ADV RB _ 46 conj _ _ 49 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 51 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Swift | the answer | | | | Friends *conj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location answer=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | the news | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **repent** | present | the king | Swift | | | | of the ignoble deed | tree rules | | 4 | **cost** | past | the ignoble deed | realm's bravest Swift's realm | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme brave=Value | | 5 | **is** | present | zealous | | | | | that deed *obj*; quench *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cancel** | infinitive | zealous *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **decree** | past | | | | | | yours *ccomp* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **live** | shall | | | | Erin's sacred shore | | henceforth, secure *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)