--- title: ‘A year,’ she said, ‘Is past since northward to the war we marched:’… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: ‘A year,’ she said, ‘Is past since northward to the war we marched:’ Then forth she loosed the sheets and spread the sails And bounded on the waves of proud discourse Recounting all her triumphs; first, her wrong; Lastly, the cause of war, Cuailgné’s Donn Chief captive mid her captives! 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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 (tent, ‘, we, proud discourse), 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:pg78491:15:25 # text = ‘A year,’ she said, ‘Is past since northward to the war we marched:’ Then forth she loosed the sheets and spread the sails And bounded on the waves of proud discourse Recounting all her triumphs; first, her wrong; Lastly, the cause of war, Cuailgné’s Donn Chief captive mid her captives! 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 12 since since ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 northward northward ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 loosed loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bounded bound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:agent _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 Recounting recount VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 triumphs triumph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 Cuailgné Cuailgné PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’s 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 Donn Donn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 60 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 61 mid mid X AFX _ 60 parataxis _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tent | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | ‘ | | | | since the war | past *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **march** | past | we | the war *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme war=Trajectory | | 4 | **loose** | past | tent | the sheets | | | then | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient | | 5 | **spread** | past | tent *not said here* | the sails | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | | 6 | **bound** | participle | tent *not said here* | | | | | the waves of proud discourse *obl:agent* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **recount** *speech: other* | gerund | proud discourse *not said here* | tent's triumphs | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent triumph=Topic | | 8 | **wave** | | | proud discourse | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **triumph** | | tent | | | | | | nom triumph «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **cause** | | | war | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)