--- title: Then hastened Leagh To where those giant coursers, side by side, Sto… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then hastened Leagh To where those giant coursers, side by side, Stood tethered mid green grass and meadow-sweet Within a lawn; and led them to a stream, And bade them drink; and later led them home; And placed their corn before them, and they ate: Next spake he; ‘Horses ye; and yet ye know To eat a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/) / 26 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 14, sentence 26 Then hastened Leagh To where those giant coursers, side by side, Stood tethered mid green grass and meadow-sweet Within a lawn; and led them to a stream, And bade them drink; and later led them home; And placed their corn before them, and they ate: Next spake he; ‘Horses ye; and yet ye know To eat at need, while men self-sentenced starve!’ **Who acts:** coursers, ye, men · **What happens:** hasten, stand, tether, lead, drink, place · **To what, where:** Leagh, green grass, coursers, stream, bade, corn 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 (coursers, ye, men), 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:pg78491:14:28 # text = Then hastened Leagh To where those giant coursers, side by side, Stood tethered mid green grass and meadow-sweet Within a lawn; and led them to a stream, And bade them drink; and later led them home; And placed their corn before them, and they ate: Next spake he; ‘Horses ye; and yet ye know To eat at need, while men self-sentenced starve!’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Leagh Leagh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 To to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 2 advmod _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 coursers courser NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 tethered tether VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ _ 16 mid mid X AFX _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 23 Within within ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 62 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 yet yet ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 66 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 67 nsubj _ _ 67 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 68 To to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 73 while while SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 74 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 nsubj _ _ 75 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 sentenced sentence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 78 amod _ _ 78 starve starve NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ! ! PUNCT . _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 78 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten** | past | | Leagh | | | then | ye Horses *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leagh=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | past | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **tether** | participle | | green grass | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | | 4 | **lead** | past | | coursers *= courser* | | a stream | | bade *obl* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to stream=Destination | | 5 | **drink** | present | coursers *= courser* | bade *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bade=Patient | | 6 | **lead** | past | | coursers *= courser* | | | | home, late *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **place** | past | | coursers's corn | | | before coursers *= courser* | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent corn=Theme before they=Destination | | 8 | **eat** | past | coursers *= courser* | Next spake | | | | Ferdīa *nsubj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speak=Patient | | 9 | **know** | present | ye | | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **eat** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | need | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **sentence** | participle | | | | | | self *compound* | tree rules | | 12 | **starve** | | men | | | | | | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)