--- title: ‘Likewise of this, a kingdom’s oath and pledge, I stand myself, sure… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Likewise of this, a kingdom’s oath and pledge, I stand myself, surety and guarantee: Conor in turn, to dull past injury’s edge Demands, implores a single vow from thee, That till beside his board thou breakest bread No meaner house than his shall roof thy head.’ Who acts: I, surety, thou. 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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 (I, surety, thou), 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:pg78491:5:84 # text = ‘Likewise of this, a kingdom’s oath and pledge, I stand myself, surety and guarantee: Conor in turn, to dull past injury’s edge Demands, implores a single vow from thee, That till beside his board thou breakest bread No meaner house than his shall roof thy head.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Likewise likewise ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 surety surety NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 guarantee guarantee NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 26 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 31 Demands Demands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 implores implore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 42 beside beside ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 46 breakest break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 49 meaner meaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 55 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | I | a kingdom's oath and pledge | | | | myself *obj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Stimulus | | 2 | **implore** | present | surety and guarantee | a single vow | | thee | | Conor in turn *nsubj* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Recipient | | 3 | **break** | present | thou | that till beside Conor's board | | | | bread *obj* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)