--- title: Then Conal cried in storm of rage and woe, ‘Since Conor lied to me t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Conal cried in storm of rage and woe, ‘Since Conor lied to me this faulchion’s edge Shall pay the debt he owes, and that I owe, A death to honour and to vengeance due;’ And down he dragged Fiacre, and, trampling, slew. Who acts: Conal, Conor, edge, 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 (Conal, Conor, edge, 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:pg78491:7:16 # text = Then Conal cried in storm of rage and woe, ‘Since Conor lied to me this faulchion’s edge Shall pay the debt he owes, and that I owe, A death to honour and to vengeance due;’ And down he dragged Fiacre, and, trampling, slew. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Conal Conal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Since since SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 faulchion faulchion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 owes owe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 3 conj _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 Fiacre Fiacre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 slew slew NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Conal | a death | | storm of rage and woe | then | trampling and slew *obl* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Location | | 2 | **lie** | past | Conor | | me | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | shall | this faulchion's edge | the debt | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 4 | **owe** | present | Conor | the debt *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent debt=Theme | | 5 | **owe** | present | I | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **honour** | to-infinitive | Conal *not said here* | | | | | vengeance *conj*; due *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **drag** | past | Conor | Fiacre | | | | down *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiacre=Theme | | 8 | **storm** | | rage and woe | | | | | | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)