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title: Ceaseless thought On immemorial wrongs--he brooded still O’er glorie… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ceaseless thought On immemorial wrongs--he brooded still O’er glories of Moytura, and Tailltenn, Their great assemblies, and their solemn games, And kingly graves--had cast upon his brow Perpetual shade; and ever, on the march, If high on crags there stood some Gaelic tomb Wind-worn a thousand years
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 16

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Ceaseless thought On immemorial wrongs--he brooded still O’er glories of Moytura, and Tailltenn, Their great assemblies, and their solemn games, And kingly graves--had cast upon his brow Perpetual shade; and ever, on the march, If high on crags there stood some Gaelic tomb Wind-worn a thousand years, he passed it by With face averse, muttering, ‘New men!

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**Who acts:** Ceaseless, march, Moytura · **What happens:** think, brood, cast, stand, wear, pass · **To what, where:** immemorial wrongs, O’er glories, kingly graves, brow, some, Gaelic tomb · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Ceaseless, march, Moytura), 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:pg78491:13:18
# text = Ceaseless thought On immemorial wrongs--he brooded still O’er glories of Moytura, and Tailltenn, Their great assemblies, and their solemn games, And kingly graves--had cast upon his brow Perpetual shade; and ever, on the march, If high on crags there stood some Gaelic tomb Wind-worn a thousand years, he passed it by With face averse, muttering, ‘New men!
1	Ceaseless	Ceaseless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	immemorial	immemorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	brooded	brood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	O’er	o'er	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	glories	glory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Moytura	Moytura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Tailltenn	Tailltenn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	assemblies	assembly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
28	kingly	kingly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
33	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
47	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
48	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	crags	crag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
50	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	51	advmod	_	_
51	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
52	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	51	obj	_	_
53	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
55	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	60	nummod	_	_
60	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
64	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	by	by	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	With	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
68	averse	averse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
70	muttering	mutter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	63	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
72	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ceaseless |  |  | immemorial wrongs | ever |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **brood** | past | Ceaseless | O’er glories of Moytura |  |  |  | Tailltenn and Tailltenn's great assemblies *obl*; assemblies's solemn games *obl* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cast** | past · perfect · passive |  | kingly graves |  | Ceaseless's brow and Perpetual shade |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon brow=Destination |
| 4 | **stand** | past | the march | some |  | there |  | Gaelic tomb *obj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent some=Theme tomb=Destination |
| 5 | **wear** | participle |  | Gaelic tomb *not said here* |  |  | year | Wind *compound* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **pass** | past | march | tomb |  |  |  | by face; averse *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme by face=Destination |
| 7 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | march *not said here* | New men |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |
| 8 | **glory** |  | Moytura |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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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