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title: In measureless scorn Then turned he to the kings, continuing thus; ‘… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: In measureless scorn Then turned he to the kings, continuing thus; ‘What mean those clamours and those swords half drawn Which draw ye dare not? Who acts: clamours. 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 depen
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 61

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In measureless scorn Then turned he to the kings, continuing thus; ‘What mean those clamours and those swords half drawn Which draw ye dare not?

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**Who acts:** clamours · **What happens:** turn, continue, mean, draw, not dare · **To what, where:** battle, kings, clamours, swords, ye

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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 (clamours), 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:pg78491:15:63
# text = In measureless scorn Then turned he to the kings, continuing thus; ‘What mean those clamours and those swords half drawn Which draw ye dare not?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	measureless	measureless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
16	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	clamours	clamour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	23	advmod	_	_
23	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
24	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	draw	draw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
26	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	obj	_	_
27	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | battle | the kings |  | then | in measureless scorn | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient in scorn=Topic to king=Recipient |
| 2 | **continue** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  | that clamours |  |  |  | What *obj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **draw** | participle · passive |  | that swords |  |  |  | half *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **draw** | present | that clamours | ye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **dare** | infinitive | that clamours *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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