--- title: At noon the direful battle ceased: That glorious Three who late the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: At noon the direful battle ceased: That glorious Three who late the world o’er-strode Lay facing to the South, and West, and East; A frozen spectre Deirdré o’er them stood: The Bonachts gat their hire:--kneeling drew near Uladh’s sad sons, with many a moan and tear. 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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 (direful battle, world, o’er strode, frozen spectre), 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:pg78491:7:68 # text = At noon the direful battle ceased: That glorious Three who late the world o’er-strode Lay facing to the South, and West, and East; A frozen spectre Deirdré o’er them stood: The Bonachts gat their hire:--kneeling drew near Uladh’s sad sons, with many a moan and tear. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 direful direful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 9 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 advcl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 late late VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 o’er o'er NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 strode strode NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 Lay Lay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 facing face VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 spectre spectre NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 34 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Bonachts bonacht NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gat gat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 kneeling kneel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 nsubj _ _ 46 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 47 near near ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 moan moan NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | participle | the direful battle | | | | noon | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **late** | past | | West | | | | East *obl*; glorious Three That *advcl*; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **strode** | | world | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **face** | gerund | the o’er strode *not said here* | | | | | to the South | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **stand** | past | a frozen spectre o'er worlds | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **gat** | present | the Bonachts | worlds's hire | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **kneel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **draw** | past | | | | | | near Uladh's sad sons; a many moan and tear *parataxis* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)