--- title: But Cathbad laid a curse upon the king, Likewise his race: and Eman,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But Cathbad laid a curse upon the king, Likewise his race: and Eman, and the land, Because they hated not that evil thing, And hindered not, with dreadful rites he banned; And lastly, ‘Woe to me not less,’ he cried, Three times; and gat him to his place; and died. Who acts: Cathbad, age. 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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 (Cathbad, age), 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:pg78491:7:86 # text = But Cathbad laid a curse upon the king, Likewise his race: and Eman, and the land, Because they hated not that evil thing, And hindered not, with dreadful rites he banned; And lastly, ‘Woe to me not less,’ he cried, Three times; and gat him to his place; and died. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Cathbad Cathbad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Likewise likewise ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 Because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 26 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hindered hinder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 banned ban VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 gat gat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | Cathbad | a curse | | | | upon the king Cathbad's race; Eman *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent curse=Theme upon king=Destination | | 2 | **not** **hate** | past | age | that evil thing | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **hinder** | past | age *not said here* | | | | | with dreadful rites | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 4 | **ban** | past | Cathbad | dreadful rites *not said here* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rite=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Cathbad | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **gat** | infinitive | Cathbad *not said here* | Cathbad | | | | to Cathbad's place | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | past | Cathbad *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **race** | | Cathbad | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)