--- title: Long time in silence stood, and sore amazed, Those brave but simple… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Long time in silence stood, and sore amazed, Those brave but simple knights o’er Erin feared: For Usnach’s sons as kings they prized and praised; But like a God King Conor they revered: At last they spake, and after that changed not, ‘We in this war will bear nor part, nor lot.’ Who acts: brave knig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/84/) [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/) / 84 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 84 Long time in silence stood, and sore amazed, Those brave but simple knights o’er Erin feared: For Usnach’s sons as kings they prized and praised; But like a God King Conor they revered: At last they spake, and after that changed not, ‘We in this war will bear nor part, nor lot.’ **Who acts:** brave knights, knights, that, We · **What happens:** stand, fear, prize, praise, revere, speak · **To what, where:** lot, silence, kings · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (brave knights, knights, that, We), 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:pg78491:6:85 # text = Long time in silence stood, and sore amazed, Those brave but simple knights o’er Erin feared: For Usnach’s sons as kings they prized and praised; But like a God King Conor they revered: At last they spake, and after that changed not, ‘We in this war will bear nor part, nor lot.’ 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 12 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 For for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 prized prize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 31 But but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 revered revere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 At at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 spake speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 after after SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 58 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 59 cc _ _ 59 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 62 cc _ _ 62 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | lot | | silence | time | for Usnach's sons as kings | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | | 2 | **fear** | past | that brave knights o'er Erin | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **prize** | past | knights *= knight* | kings *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 4 | **praise** | past | knights *= knight* *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **revere** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | like a God King Conor; last *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | knights *= knight* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **change** | past | that | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bear** | future | We | | | | | part *conj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/)