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title: With laughing lip Not less that eve Cuchullain sang the stave That c… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: With laughing lip Not less that eve Cuchullain sang the stave That chides in war ‘Fomorian obstinacy:’ Again at eve drew near they, slower now For pain, and interwove fraternal arms: Again their coursers in the self-same field Grazed side by side, and from the self-same stream Again their charioteer
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 144

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With laughing lip Not less that eve Cuchullain sang the stave That chides in war ‘Fomorian obstinacy:’ Again at eve drew near they, slower now For pain, and interwove fraternal arms: Again their coursers in the self-same field Grazed side by side, and from the self-same stream Again their charioteers the rushes culled: Again they shared alike both meats and drinks, Again those herbs allaying, o’er their wounds With incantations laid.

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**Who acts:** eve, stave, self same field, charioteers, arms, herbs · **What happens:** laugh, sing, chide, draw, interweave, graze · **To what, where:** stave, war, eve, fraternal arms, side, same stream

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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 (eve, stave, self same field, charioteers), 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:pg78491:13:146
# text = With laughing lip Not less that eve Cuchullain sang the stave That chides in war ‘Fomorian obstinacy:’ Again at eve drew near they, slower now For pain, and interwove fraternal arms: Again their coursers in the self-same field Grazed side by side, and from the self-same stream Again their charioteers the rushes culled: Again they shared alike both meats and drinks, Again those herbs allaying, o’er their wounds With incantations laid.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	eve	eve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stave	stave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
13	chides	chide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Fomorian	fomorian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	obstinacy	obstinacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	’	'	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	_
21	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	eve	eve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
24	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
25	near	near	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	conj	_	_
29	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	28	advmod	_	_
30	For	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	interwove	interweave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
35	fraternal	fraternal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
38	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	coursers	courser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
43	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
47	Grazed	graze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	acl	_	_
48	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl:unmarked	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
53	from	from	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
55	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
59	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
60	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	charioteers	charioteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	nsubj	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	conj	_	_
64	culled	cull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	68	punct	_	_
66	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
67	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
69	alike	alike	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	71	det	_	_
71	meats	meat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	obl	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
75	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
76	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	77	det	_	_
77	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	conj	_	_
78	allaying	allay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	77	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
80	o’er	o'er	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	82	nmod:poss	_	_
82	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	obl	_	_
83	With	with	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
84	incantations	incantation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	82	nmod	_	_
85	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	84	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | that eve | the stave |  |  |  | with laughing lip | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stave=Theme |
| 3 | **chide** | present | the stave | the stave *not said here* |  | war and Fomorian obstinacy |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stave=Theme |
| 4 | **draw** | past | that eve *not said here* |  |  | eve | again | near wars *= war* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **interweave** | past | that eve *not said here* | fraternal arms |  |  |  | arms's coursers in the self same field *obl* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 6 | **graze** | participle | the self same field *not said here* | side by side |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **cull** | participle | arms's charioteers and the rushes | the same stream *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Source |
| 8 | **share** | past | arms *= arm* |  |  |  | again | alike both meats and drinks and that herbs; o'er arms's wounds with incantations | tree rules |
| 9 | **allay** | gerund | that herbs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **lay** | participle |  | incantations *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **wound** |  | arms *= arm* |  |  |  |  | with incantations | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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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