--- title: It was lost for several centuries, but recovered in the sixth, when,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: It was lost for several centuries, but recovered in the sixth, when, according to the legend recorded by Professor O’Curry, St. Kiaran wrote down the tale “in a book which he had made from the hide of his pet cow--a book called the Leabhar na h-Uidré.”’ Who acts: legend. 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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 (legend), 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:pg78491:1:46 # text = It was lost for several centuries, but recovered in the sixth, when, according to the legend recorded by Professor O’Curry, St. Kiaran wrote down the tale “in a book which he had made from the hide of his pet cow--a book called the Leabhar na h-Uidré.”’ 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sixth sixth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 20 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 O’Curry O'Curry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:desc _ _ 26 Kiaran Kiaran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 down down ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 49 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 51 Leabhar Leabhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 52 na na PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 53 h H NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Uidré Uidré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | opinion | | | century | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **recover** | past | | | | the sixth | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **record** | participle | | the legend *not said here* | | | | by Professor and Kiaran St. | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write down** | past | the legend | the tale | | a book a book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tale=Theme in book=Destination | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | a book a book | | the hide of tale's pet cow | | tale *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from hide=Material | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | participle | | a book *not said here* | | | | the Leabhar h Uidré *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)