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title: Then Daré’s heart was changed, And loud by all his swearing Gods he… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Daré’s heart was changed, And loud by all his swearing Gods he sware ‘Cuailgné’s Donn shall ne’er consort with Meave, Nor with her kine:’ and on his gate he set The castle’s Fool waiting Mac Roth’s return, And charged him with this greeting; ‘Back to Meave! Who acts: heart, Donn, Mac. A sentenc
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 50

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Then Daré’s heart was changed, And loud by all his swearing Gods he sware ‘Cuailgné’s Donn shall ne’er consort with Meave, Nor with her kine:’ and on his gate he set The castle’s Fool waiting Mac Roth’s return, And charged him with this greeting; ‘Back to Meave!

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**Who acts:** heart, Donn, Mac · **What happens:** change, god, sware, consort, set, wait · **To what, where:** heart, Fool, gate, return, Donn

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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 (heart, Donn, Mac), 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:pg78491:11:52
# text = Then Daré’s heart was changed, And loud by all his swearing Gods he sware ‘Cuailgné’s Donn shall ne’er consort with Meave, Nor with her kine:’ and on his gate he set The castle’s Fool waiting Mac Roth’s return, And charged him with this greeting; ‘Back to Meave!
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	Daré	Daré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	swearing	swearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	Gods	god	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sware	sware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Cuailgné	Cuailgné	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’s	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	Donn	Donn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	ne’er	ne'	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	23	amod	_	_
23	consort	consort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	kine	kine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
39	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	’s	's	PART	POS	_	40	case	_	_
42	Fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
43	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
44	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod:poss	_	_
45	Roth	Roth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	’s	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
47	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	54	det	_	_
54	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
56	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · passive |  | Daré's heart |  |  | then |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **god** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sware** |  | heart |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **consort** | shall | Donn |  |  |  |  | with Meave; Cuailgné *nmod:poss*; Nor with Nor's kine *appos* | tree rules |
| 5 | **set** | past | Donn | the castle's Fool |  | Donn's gate |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme on gate=Destination |
| 6 | **wait** | gerund | Donn *not said here* | Mac's return |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **charge** | past | Donn *not said here* |  | Donn |  |  | with this greeting | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with greeting=Theme |
| 8 | **swear** |  | heart |  |  |  |  |  | nom swearing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **return** |  | Mac |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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