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title: War-horses few were there, But many from the plough: with these, in… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: War-horses few were there, But many from the plough: with these, in crowds Poor hinds, and swine-herds, maidens skilled in works That knew to spin the flax or mix the dye Or card the wool. Who acts: That. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey D
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 85

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War-horses few were there, But many from the plough: with these, in crowds Poor hinds, and swine-herds, maidens skilled in works That knew to spin the flax or mix the dye Or card the wool.

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**Who acts:** That · **What happens:** be, skill, know, spin, mix · **To what, where:** maidens, works, flax, dye

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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 (That), 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:pg78491:15:87
# text = War-horses few were there, But many from the plough: with these, in crowds Poor hinds, and swine-herds, maidens skilled in works That knew to spin the flax or mix the dye Or card the wool.
1	War	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
8	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nsubj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	parataxis	_	_
19	Poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	hinds	hind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
28	skilled	skill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
31	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	nsubj	_	_
32	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	dye	dye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **skill** | participle |  | maidens *not said here* |  | works |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | That |  |  |  |  | crowds and Poor hinds and swine herds and maidens *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **spin** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | the flax |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme |
| 5 | **mix** | infinitive | That *not said here* | the dye or card |  |  |  | the wool *obj* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent dye=Beneficiary wool=Product |

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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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