--- title: In that long strife the Gael the victory won: Tuatha’s race, Dedanna… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: In that long strife the Gael the victory won: Tuatha’s race, Dedannan, disappeared; Yet still the conqueror whispered, sire to son, ‘Their progeny survives, half scorned, half feared, The Fairy Host; and mansions bright they hold On moonlight hills, and under waters cold. 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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 (victory, conqueror, progeny, mansions), 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:pg78491:9:41 # text = In that long strife the Gael the victory won: Tuatha’s race, Dedannan, disappeared; Yet still the conqueror whispered, sire to son, ‘Their progeny survives, half scorned, half feared, The Fairy Host; and mansions bright they hold On moonlight hills, and under waters cold. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 strife strife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Gael Gael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 Tuatha Tuatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Dedannan Dedannan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 disappeared disappeared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 progeny progeny NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 survives survive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 35 advmod _ _ 35 scorned scorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 38 advmod _ _ 38 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 mansions mansion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 On on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 under under ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 56 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | the victory | Tuatha's race | | that long strife | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the conqueror | sire | son | | still | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sire=Topic to son=Recipient | | 3 | **survive** | present | sons's progeny | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **scorn** | participle | sons's progeny *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fear** | participle | sons's progeny *not said here* | | | | | the Fairy Host *conj*; half *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **hold** | present | mansions *= mansion* | | | moonlight hills | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hill=Location | | 7 | **race** | | Tuatha | | | | | | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/9/)