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title: Then ran Cuchullain to that great one dead, And raised him in his ar… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then ran Cuchullain to that great one dead, And raised him in his arms, and laid him down Beside the Ford, but on its northern bank, Not in that realm by Ailill swayed and Meave: Long time he looked the dead man in the face; Then by him fell in swoon. Who acts: Cuchullain. A sentence of «The foray o
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 193

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Then ran Cuchullain to that great one dead, And raised him in his arms, and laid him down Beside the Ford, but on its northern bank, Not in that realm by Ailill swayed and Meave: Long time he looked the dead man in the face; Then by him fell in swoon.

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**Who acts:** Cuchullain · **What happens:** run, raise, lay down, sway, look, fall · **To what, where:** Cuchullain, great one, arms, Ford, Meave, northern bank

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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 (Cuchullain), 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:pg78491:13:195
# text = Then ran Cuchullain to that great one dead, And raised him in his arms, and laid him down Beside the Ford, but on its northern bank, Not in that realm by Ailill swayed and Meave: Long time he looked the dead man in the face; Then by him fell in swoon.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	down	down	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
21	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Ford	Ford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	det	_	_
34	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Ailill	Ailill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	swayed	sway	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:unmarked	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	_
55	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	swoon	swoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past |  | Cuchullain | that great one |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cuchullain=Theme to one=Trajectory |
| 2 | **raise** | past |  | Cuchullain |  | Cuchullain's arms |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in arm=Destination |
| 3 | **lay down** | past |  | Cuchullain |  | the Ford |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme beside ford=Destination |
| 4 | **sway** | past |  | Meave |  | FORD's northern bank and that realm by Ailill |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **look** | past | Cuchullain | the dead man |  | the face | time |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Attribute |
| 6 | **fall** | past |  |  |  | swoon | then | by Cuchullain | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by he=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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