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title: A few years after the repulse of Meave, while the other warriors of… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: A few years after the repulse of Meave, while the other warriors of Ulster were engaged on an invasion of Alba (Scotland), Cuchullain alone remained behind for the protection of his country. Who acts: Cuchullain. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 77

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A few years after the repulse of Meave, while the other warriors of Ulster were engaged on an invasion of Alba (Scotland), Cuchullain alone remained behind for the protection of his country.

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**Who acts:** Cuchullain · **What happens:** engage, remain, repulse, invade, protect · **To what, where:** other warriors, invasion, Meave, Alba, country

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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 (Cuchullain), 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:pg78491:1:81
# text = A few years after the repulse of Meave, while the other warriors of Ulster were engaged on an invasion of Alba (Scotland), Cuchullain alone remained behind for the protection of his country.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	repulse	repulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
28	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
30	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | past · passive |  | the other warriors of Ulster |  | a invasion of Alba |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **remain** | past | Cuchullain |  |  |  |  | for the protection of Cuchullain's country; alone, behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **repulse** |  |  | Meave |  |  |  |  | nom repulse «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **invade** |  |  | Alba |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **protect** |  |  | Cuchullain's country |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act 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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