--- title: Still here and there Tuatha princes ruled Now in green vale, and now… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Still here and there Tuatha princes ruled Now in green vale, and now on pale blue coast, A warrior one, and one in magic schooled; The graver made Druidic lore their boast, And knew the secret might of star and leaf: Grey-haired King Bove stood up of these the chief. 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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 (Tuatha princes, one, graver, Grey haired King Bove), 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:pg78491:8:6 # text = Still here and there Tuatha princes ruled Now in green vale, and now on pale blue coast, A warrior one, and one in magic schooled; The graver made Druidic lore their boast, And knew the secret might of star and leaf: Grey-haired King Bove stood up of these the chief. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 conj _ _ 5 Tuatha Tuatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 vale vale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 warrior warrior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nsubj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 schooled school VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 graver graver NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 Druidic druidic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 boast boast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 Grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 haired haired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 Bove Bove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 54 up up ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 obl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | Tuatha princes | | | green vale; here; there | now; still | on pale blue coast and a warrior one | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **school** | participle | one in magic | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | the graver | Druidic lore | | | | princes's boast *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset lore=Beneficiary boast=Product | | 4 | **know** | past | | | | | | star the secret and leaf *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **stand up** | past | Grey haired King Bove | these | | | | the chief *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 6 | **boast** | | princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom boast «communication 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)