--- title: Then to the Gael their bard, Amergin, spake: ‘Sail forth, my sons, n… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then to the Gael their bard, Amergin, spake: ‘Sail forth, my sons, nine waves across the deep, And when this island-race are armed, come back; Take then their realm by force; and, taking, keep!’ Who acts: island race. 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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 (island race), 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:pg78491:8:1 # text = Then to the Gael their bard, Amergin, spake: ‘Sail forth, my sons, nine waves across the deep, And when this island-race are armed, come back; Take then their realm by force; and, taking, keep!’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Gael Gael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bard bard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Amergin Amergin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Sail sail VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 across across ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 28 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 35 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | infinitive | | my sons and nine waves across the deep | | | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | this island race | | | | | armed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come back** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | waves's realm | | | then | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **keep** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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: [Opening, part 7, 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/110/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)