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title: Three hours ere her death Thus to her mother spake that sentenced on… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Three hours ere her death Thus to her mother spake that sentenced one; ‘Noise it among the host that grief for those Her countrymen--the Gael--who, near the Ford-- Ere yet that Firbolg shared the common fate, Fell by Cuchullain, snapped her thread of life. Who acts: Three hours, mother spake, Firbol
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 154

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Three hours ere her death Thus to her mother spake that sentenced one; ‘Noise it among the host that grief for those Her countrymen--the Gael--who, near the Ford-- Ere yet that Firbolg shared the common fate, Fell by Cuchullain, snapped her thread of life.

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**Who acts:** Three hours, mother spake, Firbolg, host, tent · **What happens:** ere, sentence, noise, share, snap, die · **To what, where:** death, one, spake, common fate, thread

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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 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Three hours, mother spake, Firbolg, host), 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:pg78491:14:156
# text = Three hours ere her death Thus to her mother spake that sentenced one; ‘Noise it among the host that grief for those Her countrymen--the Gael--who, near the Ford-- Ere yet that Firbolg shared the common fate, Fell by Cuchullain, snapped her thread of life.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ere	ere	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sentenced	sentence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Noise	noise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	among	among	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	det	_	_
22	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
25	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	countrymen	countryman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Gael	Gael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
33	near	near	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Ford	Ford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	Ere	Ere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
38	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	Firbolg	Firbolg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Fell	Fell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
50	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
51	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ere** | past | Three hours | tent's death |  |  |  | to tent's mother spake | tree rules |
| 2 | **sentence** | past | tent's mother spake | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **noise** | infinitive | Three hours *not said here* | spake *= speak* |  |  |  | among the host | tree rules |
| 4 | **share** | past | Firbolg | the common fate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **snap** | past | the host | tent's thread of life |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thread=Theme |
| 6 | **die** |  | tent |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: 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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