--- title: The battle ceased not till that day was done: With his own hand, at… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The battle ceased not till that day was done: With his own hand, at noontide, Fergus slew Maini, King Conor’s last surviving son: Old Eman’s walls and towers to earth he threw; And burned the city. Who acts: battle, Fergus. 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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 (battle, Fergus), 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:pg78491:7:89 # text = The battle ceased not till that day was done: With his own hand, at noontide, Fergus slew Maini, King Conor’s last surviving son: Old Eman’s walls and towers to earth he threw; And burned the city. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 With with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 noontide noontide NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 Maini Maini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ _ 24 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 26 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 surviving survive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cease** | past | the battle | | | | | with battle's own hand and noontide and Eman's Old walls to earth and towers | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with hand=Subeventuality | | 2 | **do** | past · passive | | that day | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **slay** | past | Fergus | Maini | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maini=Patient | | 4 | **survive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | past | Fergus | earth *not said here* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme | | 6 | **burn** | past | | the city | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent city=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)