--- title: Then loudly stormed the queen:-- In rushed her lords, and stood, a s… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then loudly stormed the queen:-- In rushed her lords, and stood, a senate grave, Circling the couch: and while, each answering each, Ailill and Meave set forth in order due The treasures either boasted, kine, or sheep, Rich cornfield, jewel’d robe, or gem-wrought car, Careful they weighed the lists --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/) / 31 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 31 Then loudly stormed the queen:-- In rushed her lords, and stood, a senate grave, Circling the couch: and while, each answering each, Ailill and Meave set forth in order due The treasures either boasted, kine, or sheep, Rich cornfield, jewel’d robe, or gem-wrought car, Careful they weighed the lists in equal scale And ’twixt them found in value difference none. **Who acts:** each, Ailill, due treasures, treasures · **What happens:** storm, rush, stand, circle, answer, set · **To what, where:** queen, lords, senate grave, couch, each, order 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 (each, Ailill, due treasures, treasures), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:11:33 # text = Then loudly stormed the queen:-- In rushed her lords, and stood, a senate grave, Circling the couch: and while, each answering each, Ailill and Meave set forth in order due The treasures either boasted, kine, or sheep, Rich cornfield, jewel’d robe, or gem-wrought car, Careful they weighed the lists in equal scale And ’twixt them found in value difference none. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stormed storm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 In in SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 senate senate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Circling circle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 while while ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 28 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Ailill Ailill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 forth forth ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 42 boasted boast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 kine kine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 Rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 cornfield cornfield NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 jewel jewel NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’d ' VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 gem gem NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 wrought wrought ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 Careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 weighed weigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 lists list NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 scale scale NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 70 And and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 ’ ' X GW _ 74 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 72 twixt twixt X ADD _ 71 goeswith _ _ 73 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 goeswith _ _ 74 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 conj _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 78 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **storm** | past | | the queen | | | then | loudly, while *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | past | | Queen's lords | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Agent | | 3 | **stand** | past | | a senate grave | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **circle** | gerund | | the couch | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme couch=Co-Theme | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | each | each | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent each=Eventuality | | 6 | **set** | past | Ailill and Meave | | | order | | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination | | 7 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | the due treasures | kine | | | | sheep and Rich cornfield and jewel and ’d robe *obl*; gem wrought car *obl*; either *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **'** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **weigh** | past | treasures *= treasure* | the lists | | equal scale | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme list=Value | | 10 | **find** | participle · passive | | ’ treasures | | none | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/11/)