--- title: Dreadful his array; For many a chief, though Conor’s liegeman sworn,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Dreadful his array; For many a chief, though Conor’s liegeman sworn, In wrath had joined the old king on his way: And Fergus cursed the Ruthless Red, and said, ‘A woman’s hand one day shall strike him dead!’ Who acts: Fergus, hand. 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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 (Fergus, hand), 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:pg78491:7:88 # text = Dreadful his array; For many a chief, though Conor’s liegeman sworn, In wrath had joined the old king on his way: And Fergus cursed the Ruthless Red, and said, ‘A woman’s hand one day shall strike him dead!’ 1 Dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 For for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 liegeman liegeman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 In in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 cursed curse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Ruthless Ruthless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | participle | | Conor's liegeman *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **join** | past · perfect | | the old king | | wrath | | on Eman's way | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 3 | **curse** | past | Fergus | the Ruthless Red | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent red=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fergus *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **strike** | shall | a woman's hand one day | Fergus | | | | dead *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)