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title: Feerbraoth fell; And Natherandal, though the Druid horde Above his j… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Feerbraoth fell; And Natherandal, though the Druid horde Above his javelins, carved at set of moon From the ever-sacred holly stem, had breathed Vain consecration, and with futile salve Anointed them: confuted soon they sailed In ignominy adown that seaward tide With him that hurled them. Who acts: 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 60

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Feerbraoth fell; And Natherandal, though the Druid horde Above his javelins, carved at set of moon From the ever-sacred holly stem, had breathed Vain consecration, and with futile salve Anointed them: confuted soon they sailed In ignominy adown that seaward tide With him that hurled them.

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**Who acts:** Feerbraoth, javelins, that, seaward tide · **What happens:** fall, carve, breathe, anoint, confute, sail · **To what, where:** Natherandal, javelins, set, Druid horde, ignominy adown

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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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Feerbraoth, javelins, that, seaward tide), 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:pg78491:12:62
# text = Feerbraoth fell; And Natherandal, though the Druid horde Above his javelins, carved at set of moon From the ever-sacred holly stem, had breathed Vain consecration, and with futile salve Anointed them: confuted soon they sailed In ignominy adown that seaward tide With him that hurled them.
1	Feerbraoth	Feerbraoth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Natherandal	Natherandal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Druid	Druid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	horde	horde	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	Above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	javelins	javelin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	From	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
22	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	holly	holly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
30	Vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	consecration	consecration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	futile	futile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
37	Anointed	anoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
40	confuted	confute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
41	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	43	advmod	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	advcl	_	_
44	In	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	ignominy	ignominy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	adown	adown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
48	seaward	seaward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
50	With	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nmod	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
54	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Feerbraoth | Natherandal |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  | Feerbraoth's javelins *not said here* |  | set of moon from the sacred holly stem |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **breathe** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Druid horde above Feerbraoth's javelins |  |  |  | Vain consecration *obj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **anoint** | past | Feerbraoth *not said here* | javelins *= javelin* |  |  |  | with futile salve | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with salve=Theme |
| 5 | **confute** | participle | Feerbraoth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **sail** | past | javelins *= javelin* |  |  | ignominy adown |  | soon *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **tide** |  | that |  |  |  |  | with Feerbraoth | tree rules |
| 8 | **hurl** | past | seaward tide | javelins *= javelin* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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