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title: A moment more And forward to Ilgairig’s slope they dashed: ‘Let but… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: A moment more And forward to Ilgairig’s slope they dashed: ‘Let but the armies see him,’ inly mused Leagh, ‘and the work is done!’ Who acts: steeds, armies. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 15, with its dependency tr
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 236

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A moment more And forward to Ilgairig’s slope they dashed: ‘Let but the armies see him,’ inly mused Leagh, ‘and the work is done!’

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**Who acts:** steeds, armies · **What happens:** forward, dash, let, see, muse, do · **To what, where:** slope, Ilgairig, Leagh, work

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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 (steeds, armies), 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:pg78491:15:238
# text = A moment more And forward to Ilgairig’s slope they dashed: ‘Let but the armies see him,’ inly mused Leagh, ‘and the work is done!’
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
4	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	forward	forward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Ilgairig	Ilgairig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’s	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dashed	dash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
22	inly	inly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	mused	muse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	Leagh	Leagh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
26	‘	‘	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | infinitive |  |  |  | Ilgairig's slope |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to slope=Destination |
| 2 | **dash** | past | steeds *= steed* | Ilgairig's slope *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slope=Patient |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **see** | present | the armies | Ilgairig |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 5 | **muse** | past |  | Leagh |  |  |  | inly *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **do** | present · passive |  | the work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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