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title: To Eman’s towers Returned he then with laughter: at its gate The kin… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: To Eman’s towers Returned he then with laughter: at its gate The king, the chiefs, grey Druids, maids red-cloaked, Agape to see him--on his chariot’s front The grim heads of those bandits; in its rear Those stags wide-horned; and, high o’erhead the birds!’ Who acts: towers, king. A sentence of «The 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 223

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To Eman’s towers Returned he then with laughter: at its gate The king, the chiefs, grey Druids, maids red-cloaked, Agape to see him--on his chariot’s front The grim heads of those bandits; in its rear Those stags wide-horned; and, high o’erhead the birds!’

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**Who acts:** towers, king · **What happens:** return, cloak, see · **To what, where:** glebe, laughter, gate, front

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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 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (towers, king), 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:pg78491:11:225
# text = To Eman’s towers Returned he then with laughter: at its gate The king, the chiefs, grey Druids, maids red-cloaked, Agape to see him--on his chariot’s front The grim heads of those bandits; in its rear Those stags wide-horned; and, high o’erhead the birds!’
1	To	to	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Eman	Eman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
24	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	cloaked	cloak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	Agape	agape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’s	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
38	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
43	bandits	bandit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	rear	rear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
48	Those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
49	stags	stag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
50	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	horned	horned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	o’erhead	o'erhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	parataxis	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | Eman's towers | glebe |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **cloak** | participle | the king and the chiefs and grey Druids | laughter *not said here* |  | tower's gate |  | maids *nsubj*; Agape *conj* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent laughter=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king and the chiefs and grey Druids *not said here* | glebe |  | glebe's chariot's front and the grim heads of that bandits |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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