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title: The ‘Foray of Queen Meave,’ the longest of the following poems, is f… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The ‘Foray of Queen Meave,’ the longest of the following poems, is founded on and in substance represents the far-famed ‘Tain bo Cuailgné,’ a tale regarded by many Irish scholars as the great Irish epic of ancient times, by others as a part only of some larger epic of which numerous portions remain,
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 39

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The ‘Foray of Queen Meave,’ the longest of the following poems, is founded on and in substance represents the far-famed ‘Tain bo Cuailgné,’ a tale regarded by many Irish scholars as the great Irish epic of ancient times, by others as a part only of some larger epic of which numerous portions remain, but which unhappily found no Pisistratus to combine them into a whole.

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**Who acts:** tale, numerous portions, Queen · **What happens:** follow, found on, represent, fame, regard, remain · **To what, where:** Foray, famed Tain, Pisistratus, portions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tale, numerous portions, Queen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78491:1:43
# text = The ‘Foray of Queen Meave,’ the longest of the following poems, is founded on and in substance represents the far-famed ‘Tain bo Cuailgné,’ a tale regarded by many Irish scholars as the great Irish epic of ancient times, by others as a part only of some larger epic of which numerous portions remain, but which unhappily found no Pisistratus to combine them into a whole.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Foray	foray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’	'	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
22	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
24	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	famed	fame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	amod	_	_
27	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Tain	Tain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
29	bo	bo	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Cuailgné	Cuailgné	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	’	'	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	conj	_	_
36	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl:agent	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
43	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	epic	epic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
51	as	as	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
54	only	only	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	58	det	_	_
57	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	58	amod	_	_
58	epic	epic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	63	obl	_	_
61	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	portions	portion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	_
63	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
66	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	68	nsubj	_	_
67	unhappily	unhappily	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
69	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	70	det	_	_
70	Pisistratus	pisistratus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	combine	combine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	ccomp	_	_
73	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obj	_	_
74	into	into	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **found on** | present · passive |  | the Foray of Queen |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **represent** | present |  | the famed Tain |  |  |  | bo Cuailgné; in substance | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot tain=Theme in substance=Attribute |
| 4 | **fame** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **regard** | participle | a tale |  |  |  |  | as the great Irish epic of ancient times; by others as a part of some larger epic; many Irish scholars *obl:agent* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as epic=Value |
| 6 | **remain** | present | numerous portions |  |  |  |  | of some larger epic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **find** | past |  | no Pisistratus |  |  |  | which *nsubj*; unhappily *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent pisistratus=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 8 | **combine** | to-infinitive |  | portions *= portion* |  |  |  | into a whole | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient into whole=Co-Patient |
| 9 | **foray** |  | Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom foray «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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