--- title: The latter cycle derives its name from the circumstance that, though… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The latter cycle derives its name from the circumstance that, though little of it can be traced back to Ossian, it records the warriors of the Fianna Eireann who were his contemporaries, and flourished in the second century. Who acts: latter cycle, cycle. 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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 (latter cycle, cycle), 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:pg78491:1:64 # text = The latter cycle derives its name from the circumstance that, though little of it can be traced back to Ossian, it records the warriors of the Fianna Eireann who were his contemporaries, and flourished in the second century. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 derives derive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Ossian Ossian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 records record VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Eireann Eireann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 contemporaries contemporary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 flourished flourish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **derive** | present | the latter cycle | cycle's name | | the circumstance that | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent name=Result from circumstance=Material | | 2 | **trace back** | can · passive | | little of cycle | Ossian | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **record** | present | cycle | the warriors of the Fianna Eireann | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme | | 4 | **flourish** | participle | cycle *not said here* | | | | century | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **name** | | cycle | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/1/)