--- title: ‘Behold, for thee this day my board is decked; My dish is garnished;… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Behold, for thee this day my board is decked; My dish is garnished; and my fatlings slain: Likewise to greet thee many a chief elect Hath sped this day from distant vale and plain: If vain their zeal, and all that loyal haste To greet my guest, I stand henceforth disgraced.’ Who acts: chief elect, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/2/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/) / 2 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 2 ‘Behold, for thee this day my board is decked; My dish is garnished; and my fatlings slain: Likewise to greet thee many a chief elect Hath sped this day from distant vale and plain: If vain their zeal, and all that loyal haste To greet my guest, I stand henceforth disgraced.’ **Who acts:** chief elect, I · **What happens:** deck, garnish, greet, have, speed, stand · **To what, where:** board, dish, thee, guest This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief elect, I), 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:pg78491:6:2 # text = ‘Behold, for thee this day my board is decked; My dish is garnished; and my fatlings slain: Likewise to greet thee many a chief elect Hath sped this day from distant vale and plain: If vain their zeal, and all that loyal haste To greet my guest, I stand henceforth disgraced.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 garnished garnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fatlings fatling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 compound _ _ 21 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Likewise likewise ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 greet greet VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 elect elect NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 Hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 sped speed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 If if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 zeal zeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 48 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 49 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 51 To to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 58 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 disgraced disgrace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deck** | present · passive | | my board | | | day | for thee; my fatlings slain *parataxis* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **garnish** | present · passive | | My dish | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | vale's vain zeal *obj*; likewise *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | a chief elect | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **speed** | participle | a chief elect *not said here* | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | | | my guest | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | present | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **disgrace** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | henceforth *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)