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title: That host the queen To Ai led, where Ai’s four great plains Shine in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: That host the queen To Ai led, where Ai’s four great plains Shine in the rising and the setting sun, Gold-green, with all their flag-flowers, meres, and streams: There planted she her camp; thence ever rang Neighing of horse, and tempest song of bard, And graver voice of prophet and of seer Who ceas
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 62

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That host the queen To Ai led, where Ai’s four great plains Shine in the rising and the setting sun, Gold-green, with all their flag-flowers, meres, and streams: There planted she her camp; thence ever rang Neighing of horse, and tempest song of bard, And graver voice of prophet and of seer Who ceased not, day or night, for fifteen days From warnings to the people, ‘Be ye one;’-- Yet one the people were not.

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**Who acts:** That, queen, four great plains, seer, ye, one people · **What happens:** host, lead, shine, plant, ring, neigh · **To what, where:** streams, rising, camp, warnings, one

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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 (That, queen, four great plains, seer), 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:pg78491:11:64
# text = That host the queen To Ai led, where Ai’s four great plains Shine in the rising and the setting sun, Gold-green, with all their flag-flowers, meres, and streams: There planted she her camp; thence ever rang Neighing of horse, and tempest song of bard, And graver voice of prophet and of seer Who ceased not, day or night, for fifteen days From warnings to the people, ‘Be ye one;’-- Yet one the people were not.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	host	host	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	To	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
10	Ai	Ai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’s	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	Shine	shine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
29	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
30	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
31	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	meres	mere	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
40	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	41	expl	_	_
41	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
42	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
47	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	48	advmod	_	_
48	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
49	Neighing	neigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	xcomp	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	tempest	temp	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	55	amod	_	_
55	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	graver	grave	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	61	amod	_	_
61	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
67	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	68	nsubj	_	_
68	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	acl:relcl	_	_
69	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
71	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
72	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
75	for	for	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	77	nummod	_	_
77	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
78	From	from	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
80	to	to	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
84	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	87	cop	_	_
86	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	87	nsubj	_	_
87	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	94	punct	_	_
91	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	94	cc	_	_
92	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	94	nummod	_	_
93	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
95	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	94	acl	_	_
96	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	95	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **host** | present | That | streams |  |  |  | the one people *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | past | the queen to Ai |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **shine** | present | Ai's four great plains |  |  | the rising and the setting sun |  | with plains's flag flowers and meres | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rising=Location |
| 4 | **plant** | past |  | Queen's camp |  | warnings; there | day | to the people; tempest song of bard *obl*; graver voice of prophet and seer and day or night *obl* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Patient |
| 5 | **ring** | past |  |  |  |  | ever | thence *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **neigh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of horse | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **cease** | past | seer |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 8 | **is a** | infinitive | ye | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **not** **be** | past | the one people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **sing** |  | bard |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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