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title: When faint he stood At once their cry rang out like one man’s cry; L… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: When faint he stood At once their cry rang out like one man’s cry; Like one their seven and twenty javelins flew: As swift, Cuchullain caught them on his shield: An instant more, and all that horde accursed Was dealing with him. Who acts: faint, cry, seven javelins, Cuchullain. A sentence of «The fo
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 96

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When faint he stood At once their cry rang out like one man’s cry; Like one their seven and twenty javelins flew: As swift, Cuchullain caught them on his shield: An instant more, and all that horde accursed Was dealing with him.

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**Who acts:** faint, cry, seven javelins, Cuchullain, horde, Was · **What happens:** stand, ring out, fly, catch, accurs, deal · **To what, where:** javelins, shield

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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 (faint, cry, seven javelins, Cuchullain), 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:pg78491:12:98
# text = When faint he stood At once their cry rang out like one man’s cry; Like one their seven and twenty javelins flew: As swift, Cuchullain caught them on his shield: An instant more, and all that horde accursed Was dealing with him.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	faint	faint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
5	At	at	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’s	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
17	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	obl	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
20	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	conj	_	_
23	javelins	javelin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
26	As	as	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
38	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
41	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	43	det:predet	_	_
42	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
43	horde	horde	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	accursed	accurs	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
45	Was	Be	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
46	dealing	deal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	44	ccomp	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | faint |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ring out** | past | wounds's cry |  |  |  |  | like one man's cry; once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fly** | past | wounds's seven javelins |  |  |  |  | like one; as swift | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **catch** | past | Cuchullain | javelins *= javelin* |  | CUCHULLAIN's shield and a instant |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 5 | **accurs** | past | all horde |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **deal** | gerund | Was |  |  |  |  | with CUCHULLAIN | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with he=Theme |
| 7 | **cry** |  | wounds *= wound* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **cry** |  | one man |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «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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