--- title: Doubt bred new doubt:--away the False One strode; But Fergus still m… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Doubt bred new doubt:--away the False One strode; But Fergus still mused on, and never stirred, His royal head depressed and neck embowed; At last he turned to Naisi with this word, ‘What must I do?’ Who acts: Doubt, Fergus, I. 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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 (Doubt, Fergus, 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:pg78491:6:7 # text = Doubt bred new doubt:--away the False One strode; But Fergus still mused on, and never stirred, His royal head depressed and neck embowed; At last he turned to Naisi with this word, ‘What must I do?’ 1 Doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bred breed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 strode strode NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 mused muse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 depressed depressed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 embowed embow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 At at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Naisi Naisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breed** | past | Doubt | new doubt | | | | the False One strode *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **muse on** | participle | Fergus | | | | still | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **stir** | participle | Fergus *not said here* | Fergus's royal head and neck | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **embow** | participle | | Fergus's royal head and neck *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | past | Fergus | | Naisi | last | | with this word | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at last=Trajectory | | 6 | **do** | must | I | | | | | What *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)