--- title: Meave, with a remnant small Reached Shenan’s bridgeless tide; and th… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Meave, with a remnant small Reached Shenan’s bridgeless tide; and there had fallen Stretching to towered Ath-Luain helpless hands, Save that Cuchullain, ’mid the narrower way Standing with arms extended, terrible, Abashed that host pursuing; ‘Stand ye back! 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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 (Meave, Standing, narrower way, host), 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:pg78491:15:276 # text = Meave, with a remnant small Reached Shenan’s bridgeless tide; and there had fallen Stretching to towered Ath-Luain helpless hands, Save that Cuchullain, ’mid the narrower way Standing with arms extended, terrible, Abashed that host pursuing; ‘Stand ye back! 1 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 remnant remnant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Reached Reached PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Shenan Shenan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 bridgeless bridgeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 17 Stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 towered tower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 20 Ath Ath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Luain Luain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Save save ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 mid mi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 narrower narrow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 Standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 csubj:pass _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 extended extend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Abashed abash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 pursuing pursue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 49 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | Meave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide *not said here* | towered Luain helpless hands | | there | | that Cuchullain *parataxis* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stretch** | gerund | Meave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **tower** | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **mi** | past | Meave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide | the narrower way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | with arms | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **extend** | participle | Standing | the narrower way *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **abash** | participle | the narrower way *not said here* | that host | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus host=Experiencer | | 8 | **pursue** | gerund | that host *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stand back** | infinitive | Meave with a Reached Shenan's bridgeless tide *not said here* | ye | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus | | 10 | **tide** | | a Reached Shenan | | | | | | nom tide «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 273](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/273/) - next →: [sentence 275](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/275/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)