--- title: There, girt by chiefs sat Conor on his throne With cloudy brows, and… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: There, girt by chiefs sat Conor on his throne With cloudy brows, and pale lips ridged in scorn, Who thus addressed Fiacre, his first-born son; ‘Son, thou and he the self-same hour were born, Illan--the man that from this head even now Sweeps Uladh’s crown! Who acts: chiefs, scorn, whoe’er, Son. 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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 (chiefs, scorn, whoe’er, Son), 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:pg78491:6:102 # text = There, girt by chiefs sat Conor on his throne With cloudy brows, and pale lips ridged in scorn, Who thus addressed Fiacre, his first-born son; ‘Son, thou and he the self-same hour were born, Illan--the man that from this head even now Sweeps Uladh’s crown! 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 girt girt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 With with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 18 ridged ridge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 thus thus ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 Fiacre Fiacre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 55 even even ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 Sweeps sweep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 58 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’s 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **girt** | infinitive | | pale lips | | there | | Son *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past | chiefs | Conor | | whoe’er's throne | | with cloudy brows | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent conor=Theme on throne=Location | | 3 | **ridge** | participle | | pale lips *not said here* | | scorn | | | tree rules | | 4 | **address** | past | scorn | | Fiacre | | | thus *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiacre=Destination | | 5 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **hour** | | whoe’er *= whoe'er* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | past · passive | Son *not said here* | thou | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **sweep** | present | the man | Uladh's crown | | this head | now | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from head=Trajectory | | 9 | **crown** | | Uladh | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)