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title: There first the Four had met that sympathy Yearned for so long: and… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: There first the Four had met that sympathy Yearned for so long: and yet, that treasure found, So much the more ere long calamity Tasked them, thus strengthened; tasked and closed them round, And higher yet fierce winds and watery shocks Dashed them thenceforth upon the pitiless rocks. Who acts: Four
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 9

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There first the Four had met that sympathy Yearned for so long: and yet, that treasure found, So much the more ere long calamity Tasked them, thus strengthened; tasked and closed them round, And higher yet fierce winds and watery shocks Dashed them thenceforth upon the pitiless rocks.

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**Who acts:** Four, sympathy, treasure, ere long calamity, higher fierce winds · **What happens:** meet, yearn, find, task, strengthen, close · **To what, where:** creatures, pitiless rocks

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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 (Four, sympathy, treasure, ere long calamity), 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:pg78491:10:9
# text = There first the Four had met that sympathy Yearned for so long: and yet, that treasure found, So much the more ere long calamity Tasked them, thus strengthened; tasked and closed them round, And higher yet fierce winds and watery shocks Dashed them thenceforth upon the pitiless rocks.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	sympathy	Sympathy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	Yearned	yearn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
21	So	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	much	much	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
24	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	25	advmod	_	_
25	ere	ere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	calamity	calamity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	Tasked	task	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
34	tasked	task	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	conj	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	round	round	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
40	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
41	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	amod	_	_
42	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	watery	watery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	shocks	shock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
48	Dashed	dash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	thenceforth	thenceforth	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
51	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	pitiless	pitiless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past · perfect | the Four |  |  | there | yet | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **yearn** | past | sympathy |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **find** | past | that treasure |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **task** | past | the ere long calamity | creatures *= creature* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **strengthen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **task** | participle | the Four *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **close** | participle | the Four *not said here* | creatures *= creature* |  |  |  | round *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 8 | **dash** | past | higher fierce winds and watery shocks | creatures *= creature* |  | the pitiless rocks |  | thenceforth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon rock=Trajectory |

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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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