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title: Slowly drew The warriors near; and as they noted, each, The other bl… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Slowly drew The warriors near; and as they noted, each, The other bleeding, in its strength returned The friendship unextinct: round either’s neck That other wound his arms and kissed him thrice: That night their coursers in the self-same field Grazed, side by side: that night their charioteers With
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 138

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Slowly drew The warriors near; and as they noted, each, The other bleeding, in its strength returned The friendship unextinct: round either’s neck That other wound his arms and kissed him thrice: That night their coursers in the self-same field Grazed, side by side: that night their charioteers With rushes gathered from the self-same stream Made smooth their masters’ beds, then sat themselves By the same fire.

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**Who acts:** warriors, strength, other, self same stream, night coursers · **What happens:** draw, note, return, woun, kiss, graze · **To what, where:** warriors, each, friendship, arms, strength, self same field

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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 (warriors, strength, other, self same stream), 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:pg78491:13:140
# text = Slowly drew The warriors near; and as they noted, each, The other bleeding, in its strength returned The friendship unextinct: round either’s neck That other wound his arms and kissed him thrice: That night their coursers in the self-same field Grazed, side by side: that night their charioteers With rushes gathered from the self-same stream Made smooth their masters’ beds, then sat themselves By the same fire.
1	Slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	near	near	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	noted	note	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
22	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	unextinct	unextinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
26	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	advcl	_	_
27	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc:preconj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	nsubj	_	_
32	wound	woun	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	thrice	thrice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
40	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	coursers	courser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	nsubj	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
46	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
50	Grazed	graze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
56	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	57	det	_	_
57	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	charioteers	charioteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
60	With	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	_
62	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	acl	_	_
63	from	from	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
65	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
69	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	68	acl	_	_
70	smooth	smooth	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	74	det:predet	_	_
71	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	masters	master	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	’	's	PART	POS	_	72	case	_	_
74	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
76	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	77	advmod	_	_
77	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
78	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	77	obj	_	_
79	By	by	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
81	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past |  | the warriors |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme |
| 2 | **note** | past | warriors *= warrior* | each |  |  |  | the other bleeding *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **return** | past | bleeding's strength | the friendship |  |  |  | unextinct *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |
| 4 | **woun** | past | that other | strength's arms |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **kiss** | past |  | strength |  |  |  | thrice *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **graze** | participle |  | the self same field *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **gather** | participle |  | warriors's night charioteers with rushes *not said here* |  | the self same stream |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from stream=Source |
| 8 | **make** | participle | the self same stream *not said here* | warriors's masters's beds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 9 | **sit** | past | warriors's night coursers in the self same field and side by side and warriors's night charioteers with rushes | warriors *= warrior* |  |  | then | by the same fire | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme by fire=Location |

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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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