--- title: But when the Brothers told him of their oath In no man’s house to ea… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the Brothers told him of their oath In no man’s house to eat, or rest their head, Howe’er to slight a friendly welcome loth, Until with Conor they had broken bread, He turned to Fergus;--‘Oath thou too hast sworn Long since, to pass no friendly feast in scorn. 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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 (Brothers, Until, thou, Oath), 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:pg78491:6:1 # text = But when the Brothers told him of their oath In no man’s house to eat, or rest their head, Howe’er to slight a friendly welcome loth, Until with Conor they had broken bread, He turned to Fergus;--‘Oath thou too hast sworn Long since, to pass no friendly feast in scorn. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 In in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 23 Howe’er Howe'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 slight slight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 31 Until Until PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 37 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 39 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 too too ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 xcomp _ _ 51 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 since since ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ _ 56 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 57 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Brothers | | Until | no man's house | | of Brothers's oath; with Conor; him *= he* *iobj*; Howe’er *iobj* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rest** | infinitive | the Brothers *not said here* | Brothers's head | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | | 4 | **slight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break** | past · perfect | Brothers *= brother* | bread | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Patient | | 6 | **turn** | past | Until | Oath | Fergus | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to fergus=Result | | 7 | **have** | present | thou | Oath *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **swear** | participle | Oath *not said here* | | | | | since *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | no friendly feast | | scorn | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in scorn=Destination | 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: [Opening, part 5, 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/105/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)