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title: Ferdīa is the mightiest of our host: Ferdīa is Cuchullain’s chief of… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ferdīa is the mightiest of our host: Ferdīa is Cuchullain’s chief of friends: Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye Scatha, that rock-browed northern warrioress, In amplest lore of battles trained them both: Except the Gae-Bulg, every feat of arms Is known to each alike.’ Who acts: Ferdīa, that, chie
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 12

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Ferdīa is the mightiest of our host: Ferdīa is Cuchullain’s chief of friends: Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye Scatha, that rock-browed northern warrioress, In amplest lore of battles trained them both: Except the Gae-Bulg, every feat of arms Is known to each alike.’

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**Who acts:** Ferdīa, that, chief · **What happens:** be, brow, warrioress, train, know · **To what, where:** chief, battles, Except

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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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ferdīa, that, chief), 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:pg78491:13:14
# text = Ferdīa is the mightiest of our host: Ferdīa is Cuchullain’s chief of friends: Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye Scatha, that rock-browed northern warrioress, In amplest lore of battles trained them both: Except the Gae-Bulg, every feat of arms Is known to each alike.’
1	Ferdīa	Ferdīa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mightiest	mighty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	39	parataxis	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	Ferdīa	Ferdīa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	’s	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Westward	Westward	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Isle	Isle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Skye	Skye	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	Scatha	Scatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	nsubj	_	_
28	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	browed	brow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	amod	_	_
31	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	warrioress	warrioress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	In	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	amplest	ample	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	36	amod	_	_
36	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
39	trained	train	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
40	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
43	Except	Except	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
45	Gae	Gae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	Bulg	Bulg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	50	det	_	_
50	feat	feat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
53	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	parataxis	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	54	obl	_	_
57	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	39	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ferdīa |  |  |  |  | of our host; mighty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Ferdīa | Cuchullain's chief and amplest lore of battles |  |  |  | of friends; Cuchullain *nmod:poss*; Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye and browed northern warrioress *appos*; amplest lore of battles *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **brow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | rock *compound* | tree rules |
| 4 | **warrioress** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **train** | past | Cuchullain's chief and amplest lore of battles | battles *= battle* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **know** | present · passive |  | Except |  |  |  | to each | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

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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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