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title: Thus he spake, Not rising, to that throng of courtiers crowned: ‘Ill… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus he spake, Not rising, to that throng of courtiers crowned: ‘Ill doctrine have ye praised this evening, kings, Unwise, to Erin’s realms unprofitable, Extolling war not based on righteous cause Nor righteous ends ensuing. Who acts: response, spake, Ill doctrine, Nor righteous ends. A sentence of 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 26

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Thus he spake, Not rising, to that throng of courtiers crowned: ‘Ill doctrine have ye praised this evening, kings, Unwise, to Erin’s realms unprofitable, Extolling war not based on righteous cause Nor righteous ends ensuing.

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**Who acts:** response, spake, Ill doctrine, Nor righteous ends · **What happens:** speak, not rise, crown, praise, extol, not base · **To what, where:** throng, Ill doctrine, ye, war, righteous · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (response, spake, Ill doctrine, Nor righteous ends), 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:pg78491:15:28
# text = Thus he spake, Not rising, to that throng of courtiers crowned: ‘Ill doctrine have ye praised this evening, kings, Unwise, to Erin’s realms unprofitable, Extolling war not based on righteous cause Nor righteous ends ensuing.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	throng	throng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	crowned	crown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Unwise	unwise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	’s	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	realms	realm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
32	unprofitable	unprofitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	Extolling	extol	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	conj	_	_
35	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	37	advmod	_	_
37	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	advcl	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	righteous	righteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	obl	_	_
40	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
42	righteous	righteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
44	ensuing	ensue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	43	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* |  | response |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **rise** | gerund | spake *not said here* |  |  | that throng of courtiers |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to throng=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **crown** | past | spake | Ill doctrine and kings |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **praise** | present · perfect · passive | Ill doctrine and kings *not said here* | ye |  |  | evening |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **extol** | gerund | spake *not said here* | war |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **base** | participle | spake *not said here* |  |  | righteous cause Nor righteous ends |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on righteous=Source |
| 7 | **ensue** | gerund | Nor righteous ends *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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