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title: ‘Upon my left, Fiacre; upon my right Let Aodh sleep; for such their… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Upon my left, Fiacre; upon my right Let Aodh sleep; for such their place of rest, Secured to each by usage and by right: And lay my little Conn upon my breast: Then on a low sand pillow raise my head, That I may see his face though I be dead.’ Who acts: That, I. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Me
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 69

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‘Upon my left, Fiacre; upon my right Let Aodh sleep; for such their place of rest, Secured to each by usage and by right: And lay my little Conn upon my breast: Then on a low sand pillow raise my head, That I may see his face though I be dead.’

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**Who acts:** That, I · **What happens:** let, secure, lie, raise, see, be · **To what, where:** Aodh sleep, place, little Conn, head, low sand pillow, face

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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 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, I), 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:pg78491:10:69
# text = ‘Upon my left, Fiacre; upon my right Let Aodh sleep; for such their place of rest, Secured to each by usage and by right: And lay my little Conn upon my breast: Then on a low sand pillow raise my head, That I may see his face though I be dead.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Fiacre	Fiacre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
11	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	Aodh	Aodh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	18	det:predet	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Secured	secure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	obl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
40	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	46	advmod	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
46	raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
47	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	53	nsubj	_	_
51	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
57	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	cop	_	_
59	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive |  | Aodh sleep |  |  |  | upon my right; for lands's place of rest | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme for place=Asset |
| 2 | **secure** | participle |  | lands's place of rest *not said here* |  |  |  | to each; by usage | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **lie** | past |  | my little Conn |  |  |  | upon my breast | tree rules |
| 4 | **raise** | infinitive |  | my head |  | a low sand pillow | then |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on pillow=Destination |
| 5 | **see** | may | That | Conn's face |  |  |  | I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |
| 6 | **is** | infinitive | I |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | 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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