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title: Several poems are confidently referred to Dubthach, chief Bard of Ki… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Several poems are confidently referred to Dubthach, chief Bard of King Laeghaire, St. Patrick’s earliest convert at the Royal Court; and to the same century belongs the Senchas Mor, or Compilation of Laws. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 50

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Several poems are confidently referred to Dubthach, chief Bard of King Laeghaire, St. Patrick’s earliest convert at the Royal Court; and to the same century belongs the Senchas Mor, or Compilation of Laws.

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**What happens:** refer, belong, compile · **To what, where:** Several poems, Dubthach, Senchas Mor, Laws

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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: 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:pg78491:1:54
# text = Several poems are confidently referred to Dubthach, chief Bard of King Laeghaire, St. Patrick’s earliest convert at the Royal Court; and to the same century belongs the Senchas Mor, or Compilation of Laws.
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	confidently	confidently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Dubthach	Dubthach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Bard	Bard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Laeghaire	Laeghaire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:desc	_	_
16	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	’s	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	convert	convert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Royal	Royal	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
30	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Senchas	Senchas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Mor	Mor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	Compilation	compilation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present · passive |  | Several poems | Dubthach and chief Bard of King Laeghaire |  |  | confidently *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to dubthach=Recipient |
| 2 | **belong** | present |  | the Senchas Mor |  |  | century |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **compile** |  |  | Laws |  |  |  |  | nom compilation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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