--- title: Southward by broad Lough Derg his palace stood: Northward, beside Em… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Southward by broad Lough Derg his palace stood: Northward, beside Emania’s lonely mere, In Finnahá, embowered mid lawn and wood, King Lir abode, a warrior, not a seer; Well loved was he, plain man with great, true heart, Who loathed, despite his race, the sorcerer’s art. 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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 (palace, Well, great true heart), 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:pg78491:8:7 # text = Southward by broad Lough Derg his palace stood: Northward, beside Emania’s lonely mere, In Finnahá, embowered mid lawn and wood, King Lir abode, a warrior, not a seer; Well loved was he, plain man with great, true heart, Who loathed, despite his race, the sorcerer’s art. 1 Southward southward ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Lough Lough PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 Derg Derg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Northward northward ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 beside beside ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 Emania Emania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 In in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Finnahá Finnahá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 embowered embower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 mid mid X AFX _ 23 compound _ _ 23 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 Lir Lir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 29 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 seer seer NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Well Well PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 loathed loathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 despite despite ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Lough's palace | | | Emania's lonely mere | | in Finnahá; northward, southward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside mere=Location | | 2 | **embower** | past | Lough's palace *not said here* | mid lawn and wood and King abode | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | past | Well | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | | Well | | | | plain man with great true heart *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **loathe** | past | great true heart | Well's race and the sorcerer's art | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer race=Stimulus | | 6 | **race** | | Well | | | | | | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/8/)