--- title: Then Naisi and the brethren rose in joy; But Deirdré came before the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Naisi and the brethren rose in joy; But Deirdré came before them speaking thus, ‘King--for, except the race and stock of Roy, O’er Uladh kings may reign, but not o’er us-- The eagle lives not save in large domain: My husband won this land, and here must reign! 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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 (Naisi, Deirdré, sureties, kings), 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:pg78491:5:85 # text = Then Naisi and the brethren rose in joy; But Deirdré came before them speaking thus, ‘King--for, except the race and stock of Roy, O’er Uladh kings may reign, but not o’er us-- The eagle lives not save in large domain: My husband won this land, and here must reign! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 Naisi Naisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 thus thus ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 except except ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Roy Roy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 O’er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ _ 33 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 o’er o'er VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 46 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 domain domain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 conj _ _ 59 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 reign reign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | Naisi and the brethren | | | joy | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in joy=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | Deirdré | King | | | | for the race of Roy and O’er and stock | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | sureties *= surety* | | | | | thus *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reign** | may | kings | the race of Roy and O’er and stock *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **o'er** | infinitive | Deirdré *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **live** | present | the eagle | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **save** | infinitive | the eagle *not said here* | | | large domain | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **win** | past | My husband | this land | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Eventuality | | 9 | **reign** | must | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **race** | | Roy and O’er | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)