--- title: [2] Elsewhere that great authority states that a large portion of th… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: [2] Elsewhere that great authority states that a large portion of this work is preserved in a copy ‘written at the same Clonmacnoise by a famous scribe named Maelmire, who was killed there in 1106.’ Who acts: great authority states. 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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 (great authority states), 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:pg78491:1:47 # text = [2] Elsewhere that great authority states that a large portion of this work is preserved in a copy ‘written at the same Clonmacnoise by a famous scribe named Maelmire, who was killed there in 1106.’ 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Clonmacnoise clonmacnoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 Maelmire Maelmire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 1106 1106 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | present · passive | great authority states that *not said here* | a large portion of this work | | a copy | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **write** | participle | | a copy *not said here* | | the same Clonmacnoise by a famous scribe | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **name** | participle | | a famous scribe *not said here* | | | | Maelmire *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | past · passive | | Maelmire | | 1106; there | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)