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title: The following poem, written of course in the character of an old Iri… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The following poem, written of course in the character of an old Irish bard, is not a translation except as regards some passages which occur chiefly in Fragment III. Who acts: following poem, passages. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 53

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The following poem, written of course in the character of an old Irish bard, is not a translation except as regards some passages which occur chiefly in Fragment III.

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**Who acts:** following poem, passages · **What happens:** follow, write, not be, occur · **To what, where:** following poem, character, translation, Fragment

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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 (following poem, passages), 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:pg78491:1:57
# text = The following poem, written of course in the character of an old Irish bard, is not a translation except as regards some passages which occur chiefly in Fragment III.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
21	except	except	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	regards	regards	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	20	nmod	_	_
24	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
25	passages	passage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	occur	occur	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	_
28	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Fragment	Fragment	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	30	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	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 | **write** | participle |  | the following poem *not said here* |  | the character of a old Irish bard |  | of course | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in character=Destination |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | the following poem | a translation |  |  |  | except regards and some passages | tree rules |
| 4 | **occur** | present | some passages |  |  | Fragment |  | chiefly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in fragment=Location |

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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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