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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 (king, that, feast, thine), 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:pg78491:6:5 # text = Ill-timed, ill-omened, and unblest thy feast’-- Then Barach; ‘Let those Three to Conor speed; The king is greatest here, and I the least: But thou--thine oath that later pledge foreran: If broke, it lays thine honour under ban.’ 1 Ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 timed time VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 omened omen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 unblest unbl ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 Barach Barach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 Conor conor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 xcomp _ _ 30 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 But but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 44 pledge pledge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 foreran foreran NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 If if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lays lay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 52 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 under under ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 ban ban NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **time** | participle | | | | | | | vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **omen** | participle | | thy unblest feast | | | | Barach *obl*; thou thine oath *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | that Three | Conor speed | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent three=Theme to speed=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | the king | | | here | | great *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **foreran** | | that | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | feast *not said here* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **lay** | present | feast | thine honour | | ban | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honour=Theme under ban=Destination | | 8 | **honour** | | thine | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)