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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 68

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Cuchullain has been called the Achilles of early Erin; yet with the swiftness, the fierce impulse, and indomitable might that belonged to the Greek, he blends in perfect harmony qualities that remind us more of Hector.

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**Who acts:** that, Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities · **What happens:** call, belong, blend, remind · **To what, where:** Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities, more, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (that, Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities), 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:pg78491:1:72
# text = Cuchullain has been called the Achilles of early Erin; yet with the swiftness, the fierce impulse, and indomitable might that belonged to the Greek, he blends in perfect harmony qualities that remind us more of Hector.
1	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	swiftness	swiftness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	impulse	impulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	indomitable	indomitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
22	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	belonged	belong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	blends	blend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	harmony	harmony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	remind	remind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
37	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	iobj	_	_
38	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Hector	hector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  | Cuchullain |  |  |  | the Achilles of early Erin *xcomp*; the swiftness and the fierce impulse *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **belong** | might | that |  |  |  |  | to the Greek | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **blend** | present | Cuchullain |  |  | perfect harmony qualities |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **remind** *speech: other* | present | perfect harmony qualities | more of Hector | us |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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