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title: Of every healing herb That lulled his wounds Cuchullain sent the hal… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of every healing herb That lulled his wounds Cuchullain sent the half To staunch Ferdīa’s; while to him in turn Ferdīa sent whate’er of meats or drinks Held strengthening power or cordial, to allay Distempered nerve or nimble spirit infuse, In equal portions shared. Who acts: That, Cuchullain, Diste
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 139

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Of every healing herb That lulled his wounds Cuchullain sent the half To staunch Ferdīa’s; while to him in turn Ferdīa sent whate’er of meats or drinks Held strengthening power or cordial, to allay Distempered nerve or nimble spirit infuse, In equal portions shared.

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**Who acts:** That, Cuchullain, Distempered nerve, strength · **What happens:** lull, send, staunch, hold, strengthen, allay · **To what, where:** wounds, half, Ferdīa, whate’er, strength, meats

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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 (That, Cuchullain, Distempered nerve, strength), 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:pg78491:13:141
# text = Of every healing herb That lulled his wounds Cuchullain sent the half To staunch Ferdīa’s; while to him in turn Ferdīa sent whate’er of meats or drinks Held strengthening power or cordial, to allay Distempered nerve or nimble spirit infuse, In equal portions shared.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lulled	lull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	10	obj	_	_
13	To	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	staunch	staunch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	Ferdīa	Ferdīa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	’s	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	Ferdīa	Ferdīa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
24	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
25	whate’er	whate'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	meats	meat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
30	Held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
31	strengthening	strengthen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	advcl	_	_
32	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	cordial	cordial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	allay	allay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
38	Distempered	distemper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	amod	_	_
39	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
40	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	nimble	nimble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
43	infuse	infuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	In	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	portions	portion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
48	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lull** | past | That | strength's wounds |  |  |  | of every healing herb | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wound=Experiencer |
| 2 | **send** | past | Cuchullain | the half |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
| 3 | **staunch** | to-infinitive | Cuchullain *not said here* | Ferdīa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | past | That *not said here* | whate’er of meats or drinks | strength |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whate'er=Theme to he=Destination |
| 5 | **hold** | participle |  | meats or drinks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **strengthen** | gerund |  | power |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 7 | **allay** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **distemper** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **infuse** | present | Distempered nerve or nimble spirit |  |  | equal portions |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **share** | participle |  | equal portions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **wound** |  | strength |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: 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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