--- title: In dashed while Illan o’er Fiacre was bending-- Illan his friend--an… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: In dashed while Illan o’er Fiacre was bending-- Illan his friend--and drave through Illan’s side, Knowing him not, the sword, his heart-strings rending: But Illan rose, and spake before he died: ‘Thy deeds were great, O friend! Who acts: Illan, heart strings, deeds. 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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 (Illan, heart strings, deeds), 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:pg78491:7:12 # text = In dashed while Illan o’er Fiacre was bending-- Illan his friend--and drave through Illan’s side, Knowing him not, the sword, his heart-strings rending: But Illan rose, and spake before he died: ‘Thy deeds were great, O friend! 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 dashed dash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Fiacre Fiacre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 drave drave NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 appos _ _ 32 rending rend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 34 But but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 before before SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 O o INTJ UH _ 51 discourse _ _ 51 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dash** | participle | Illan *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bend** | past · progressive | Illan o'er Fiacre | Illan | | Illan's side | | Illan's friend and drave *obj* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent illan=Patient friend=Result | | 3 | **not** **know** | gerund | Illan o'er Fiacre *not said here* | Illan | | | | the sword *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **rend** | gerund | Illan's heart strings *not said here* | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **rise** | past | Illan | spake | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** | past | Illan | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | past | Thy deeds | | | | | friend *conj*; great *property* | 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: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)