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title: Those Babes were Erin’s Holy Innocents, And first-fruits of the land… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Those Babes were Erin’s Holy Innocents, And first-fruits of the land to Christ their Lord, Though born within the unbelievers’ tents: Figured in them the Gael his God adored, That later-coming, holier Gael, who won Through Faith the birthright, though the younger son. Who acts: Babes, Gael God, Holy
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 80

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Those Babes were Erin’s Holy Innocents, And first-fruits of the land to Christ their Lord, Though born within the unbelievers’ tents: Figured in them the Gael his God adored, That later-coming, holier Gael, who won Through Faith the birthright, though the younger son.

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**Who acts:** Babes, Gael God, Holy Innocents, holier Gael · **What happens:** be, bear, figure, adore, come, win · **To what, where:** Holy Innocents, holier Gael, birthright, Faith

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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 (Babes, Gael God, Holy Innocents, holier Gael), 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:pg78491:10:80
# text = Those Babes were Erin’s Holy Innocents, And first-fruits of the land to Christ their Lord, Though born within the unbelievers’ tents: Figured in them the Gael his God adored, That later-coming, holier Gael, who won Through Faith the birthright, though the younger son.
1	Those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Babes	babe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	Holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Innocents	innocent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
23	within	within	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	unbelievers	unbeliever	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	’	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	_
27	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
29	Figured	figure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	advcl	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	Gael	Gael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	adored	adore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	nsubj	_	_
39	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	41	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	holier	holey	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	amod	_	_
44	Gael	Gael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	acl:relcl	_	_
48	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Faith	Faith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	birthright	birthright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	56	amod	_	_
56	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that Babes | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord |  |  |  | Erin *nmod:poss*; first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord *not said here* |  |  |  | within the unbelievers's tents | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **figure** | participle | Erin's Gael God *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in babes *= babe* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **adore** | past | Erin's Gael God | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer innocent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **come** | gerund | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord | holier Gael |  |  |  | late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location innocent=Theme |
| 6 | **win** | past | holier Gael | the birthright |  | Faith |  | the younger son *vocative* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthright=Eventuality |

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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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