--- title: Again he sang; ‘Queen Meave to Uladh’s bound Came down; and dark the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Again he sang; ‘Queen Meave to Uladh’s bound Came down; and dark the deed that grew thereof; Came down with all the hosting of her kings; And dark the deed that grew thereof. Who acts: friend, Meave, deed. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, Meave, deed), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:13:222 # text = Again he sang; ‘Queen Meave to Uladh’s bound Came down; and dark the deed that grew thereof; Came down with all the hosting of her kings; And dark the deed that grew thereof. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Uladh Uladh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 Came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 dark dark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 Came Came PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hosting hosting NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dark dark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | friend | | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **come down** | past | Meave Queen to Uladh's bound | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dark** | infinitive | friend *not said here* | the deed | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | past | the deed | | | | | thereof *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dark** | infinitive | friend *not said here* | the deed | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grow** | past | the deed | | | | | thereof *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 219](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/219/) - next →: [sentence 221](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/221/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)