--- title: ‘And, since the arms he weareth of his sire, Fergus, once king, wear… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And, since the arms he weareth of his sire, Fergus, once king, wear thou mine arms this day, “Ocean,” my shield, that sea-like roars in ire Echoed on Erin’s farthest coasts, men say; And “Victory’s wing,” and “Flying Fate,” my spears And “Death,” my sword, annealed in widows’ tears.’ Who acts: he, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/1/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/) / 1 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 1 ‘And, since the arms he weareth of his sire, Fergus, once king, wear thou mine arms this day, “Ocean,” my shield, that sea-like roars in ire Echoed on Erin’s farthest coasts, men say; And “Victory’s wing,” and “Flying Fate,” my spears And “Death,” my sword, annealed in widows’ tears.’ **Who acts:** he, king, that, men · **What happens:** wear, roar, echo, say, fly, anneal · **To what, where:** thou, ire, farthest coasts, sword, tears · **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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he, king, that, men), 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:pg78491:7:1 # text = ‘And, since the arms he weareth of his sire, Fergus, once king, wear thou mine arms this day, “Ocean,” my shield, that sea-like roars in ire Echoed on Erin’s farthest coasts, men say; And “Victory’s wing,” and “Flying Fate,” my spears And “Death,” my sword, annealed in widows’ tears.’ 1 ‘ ‘ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 since since ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 weareth wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 once once SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 21 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 roars roar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 ire ire NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 Echoed echo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 amod _ _ 59 Fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 64 And and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 “ " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 69 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 annealed anneal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 acl _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 widows widow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ’ 's PART POS _ 74 case _ _ 76 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | he | | | | since the arms | of his sire; Victory's wing and Flying Fate and my spears and Death and my sword *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | infinitive | king | thou | | | | mine *obj*; arms this day Ocean *obj*; my shield *parataxis* | tree rules | | 3 | **roar** | | that | | | ire | | | tree rules | | 4 | **echo** | participle | | ire *not said here* | | Erin's farthest coasts | | | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **anneal** | participle | | my sword *not said here* | | widows's tears | | | tree rules | 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: [Opening, part 6, 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/6/102/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)