--- title: The throng made way: onward the wronged one strode To Bove, sole-thr… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The throng made way: onward the wronged one strode To Bove, sole-throned, and lifting in his hand For royal sceptre that Druidic rod Which gave him o’er the Spirit-world command; Then, pointing to that traitress, false as fair, That wronged one spake: ‘There stands the murderess!--there!’ Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/) / 20 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 20 The throng made way: onward the wronged one strode To Bove, sole-throned, and lifting in his hand For royal sceptre that Druidic rod Which gave him o’er the Spirit-world command; Then, pointing to that traitress, false as fair, That wronged one spake: ‘There stands the murderess!--there!’ **Who acts:** throng, wronged one, that, Druidic rod · **What happens:** make, wrong, stride, throne, lift, rod · **To what, where:** way, Bove, hand, throng, traitress, one spake This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (throng, wronged one, that, Druidic rod), 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:pg78491:9:20 # text = The throng made way: onward the wronged one strode To Bove, sole-throned, and lifting in his hand For royal sceptre that Druidic rod Which gave him o’er the Spirit-world command; Then, pointing to that traitress, false as fair, That wronged one spake: ‘There stands the murderess!--there!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 throng throng NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 onward onward ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wronged wrong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 To to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Bove Bove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 throned throne VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 For for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 Druidic Druidic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 o’er o'er ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 traitress traitress NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 51 wronged wrong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 57 expl _ _ 57 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 murderess murderess NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the throng | way | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 2 | **wrong** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stride** | past | the wronged one | | Bove | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bove=Destination | | 4 | **throne** | participle | | Bove *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lift** | gerund | the wronged one *not said here* | | | throng's hand | | for royal sceptre | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hand=Destination | | 6 | **rod** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | past | Druidic rod | | throng | | | o'er the Spirit world command | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **point** | gerund | the throng *not said here* | | that traitress | | then | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to traitress=Recipient | | 9 | **wrong** | past | That | one spake | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **stand** | present | | the murderess | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer murderess=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)