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title: At last the war had whirled its giddy round; And Meave, well nigh re… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: At last the war had whirled its giddy round; And Meave, well nigh returned, the Shenan[35] near Beside Ath-Luain[36] streaming in its might, Decreed to make division of her spoil Ere yet she crossed it. Who acts: last war, Meave. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland'
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 11

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At last the war had whirled its giddy round; And Meave, well nigh returned, the Shenan\[35\] near Beside Ath-Luain\[36\] streaming in its might, Decreed to make division of her spoil Ere yet she crossed it.

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**Who acts:** last war, Meave · **What happens:** whirl, return, make, cross, spoil · **To what, where:** giddy round, Meave, division

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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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last war, Meave), 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:pg78491:15:13
# text = At last the war had whirled its giddy round; And Meave, well nigh returned, the Shenan[35] near Beside Ath-Luain[36] streaming in its might, Decreed to make division of her spoil Ere yet she crossed it.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	whirled	whirl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	giddy	giddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Meave	Meave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
15	nigh	nigh	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Shenan	Shenan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	_
23	near	near	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Beside	Beside	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
25	Ath	Ath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Luain	Luain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	36	36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	31	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	_
31	streaming	streaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
32	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Decreed	Decreed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
39	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	Ere	Ere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
44	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
45	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	advcl	_	_
47	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whirl** | past · perfect | the last war | war's giddy round |  |  |  | Meave and the Shenan near Beside and Luain and Decreed *parataxis* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent round=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | participle |  | Meave and the Shenan near Beside and Luain and Decreed *not said here* |  |  |  | nigh, well *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the last war *not said here* | division of Meave's spoil |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset division=Product |
| 4 | **cross** | past | Meave | division |  |  | yet |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 5 | **spoil** |  | Meave |  |  |  |  |  | nom spoil «possession transitive»: 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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