--- title: But when the tidings came, ‘Fiacre is dead,’ King Conor dropped in s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the tidings came, ‘Fiacre is dead,’ King Conor dropped in swoon; and if that hour Illan had lived, and not the Ruthless Red, All Eman’s chiefs had joined to his their power; For Illan, like his sire, had Eman’s love:-- Thus Fate round Usnach’s Sons her net enwove. 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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 (tidings, Fiacre, King, hour), 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:pg78491:7:20 # text = But when the tidings came, ‘Fiacre is dead,’ King Conor dropped in swoon; and if that hour Illan had lived, and not the Ruthless Red, All Eman’s chiefs had joined to his their power; For Illan, like his sire, had Eman’s love:-- Thus Fate round Usnach’s Sons her net enwove. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Fiacre Fiacre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 swoon swoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Ruthless Ruthless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 44 For for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Illan Illan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 51 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 52 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 Thus Thus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 Fate Fate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 59 round round ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 Sons Son PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 net net ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 enwove enwove NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the tidings | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Fiacre | | | | | Thus Fate round Usnach's Sons Usnach's net enwove *conj*; dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **drop** | past | King | | | swoon | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in swoon=Trajectory | | 4 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | that hour | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **join** | past · perfect · passive | | the Ruthless Red | | | | to Illan's power; all Eman's chiefs *nsubj:pass* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to power=Co-Patient | | 6 | **have** | past | | Eman's love | | | | for Illan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Patient | | 7 | **love** | | Eman | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)