--- title: Remembering days gone by, the victors there Wept for the dead: and w… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Remembering days gone by, the victors there Wept for the dead: and when the king sent word To leave those Three unburied, stark and bare For beasts to rend, his mandate they abhorred, And dug the grave where those brave Brothers died; And, reverent, therein laid them, side by side. 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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 (king, Three, mandate, brave Brothers), 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:pg78491:7:69 # text = Remembering days gone by, the victors there Wept for the dead: and when the king sent word To leave those Three unburied, stark and bare For beasts to rend, his mandate they abhorred, And dug the grave where those brave Brothers died; And, reverent, therein laid them, side by side. 1 Remembering remember VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 victors victor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:desc _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 Wept Wept PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 To to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 24 unburied unbury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 stark stark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 bare bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 For for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 rend rend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mandate mandate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 abhorred abhor VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 44 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 reverent reverent NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 therein therein ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | gerund | | | | | day | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go by** | participle | | days *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **send** | past | the king | word | | | | reverent and side by side *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **unbury** | past | that Three | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stark** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | for beasts | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **rend** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **abhor** | past | king's mandate | | | | | Bonachts *= bonacht* *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **dig** | past | king's mandate *not said here* | the grave | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme | | 11 | **die** | past | that brave Brothers | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 12 | **lay** | past | reverent and side by side *not said here* | Bonachts *= bonacht* | | | | therein *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result | | 14 | **mandate** | | king | | | | | | nom mandate «communication 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)