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title: Suddenly the forces of all the other kingdoms fell again upon the no… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Suddenly the forces of all the other kingdoms fell again upon the northern land, stirred up by ancient hatred, and led on by a remnant of Cailitin’s ‘Magic Clan.’ Who acts: forces. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 1,
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 78

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Suddenly the forces of all the other kingdoms fell again upon the northern land, stirred up by ancient hatred, and led on by a remnant of Cailitin’s ‘Magic Clan.’

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**Who acts:** forces · **What happens:** fall, stir up, lead on · **To what, where:** northern land

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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 (forces), 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:pg78491:1:82
# text = Suddenly the forces of all the other kingdoms fell again upon the northern land, stirred up by ancient hatred, and led on by a remnant of Cailitin’s ‘Magic Clan.’
1	Suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	stirred	stir	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	remnant	remnant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
29	Cailitin	Cailitin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	’s	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	‘	‘	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Clan	Clan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the forces of all other kingdoms |  |  | the northern land | again | suddenly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon land=Location |
| 2 | **stir up** | participle |  | the northern land *not said here* |  |  |  | by ancient hatred | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **lead on** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a remnant of Cailitin's Magic Clan | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by remnant=Destination |

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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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