--- title: Southward the childless father rode once more, And saw at last beyon… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Southward the childless father rode once more, And saw at last beyond the forests tall The great lake and the palace on its shore; And, entering, onward passed from hall to hall To where King Bove majestic sat and crowned, High on a terrace, with his magnates round; Who acts: Southward. 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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 (Southward), 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:pg78491:9:18 # text = Southward the childless father rode once more, And saw at last beyond the forests tall The great lake and the palace on its shore; And, entering, onward passed from hall to hall To where King Bove majestic sat and crowned, High on a terrace, with his magnates round; 1 Southward Southward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 childless childless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 onward onward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 To to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 Bove Bove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ _ 41 majestic majestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 42 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 crowned crown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 terrace terrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 magnates magnate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 54 round round ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Southward | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | Southward *not said here* | | | | | last *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **enter** | gerund | Southward *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | participle | Southward *not said here* | | | hall | | to hall; onward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from hall=Initial\_Location to hall=Destination | | 5 | **sit** | past | | | | | | to majestic King | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **crown** | past | | | | | | with King's magnates | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with magnate=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)