--- title: Cuchullain led That host Ulidian home; while Meave made oath Northwa… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Cuchullain led That host Ulidian home; while Meave made oath Northward to send, and range round Eman’s walls Her spoil, the war’s sole triumph, countless flocks, The herds milk-yielding of the large-eyed kine, The horses, and the asses, and the goats, The household stuffs, rich vests, and precious d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/) / 2 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 16, sentence 2 Cuchullain led That host Ulidian home; while Meave made oath Northward to send, and range round Eman’s walls Her spoil, the war’s sole triumph, countless flocks, The herds milk-yielding of the large-eyed kine, The horses, and the asses, and the goats, The household stuffs, rich vests, and precious dyes, The hinds laborious, and the men age-bent, And maidens skilled in work; but, first, and chief That sable Bull, the cause of all the war. **Who acts:** Cuchullain, Meave, oath, herds, household, war · **What happens:** lead, make, send, yielding, stuff, skill · **To what, where:** host, oath, goats, maidens, work, war This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cuchullain, Meave, oath, herds), 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:pg78491:16:2 # text = Cuchullain led That host Ulidian home; while Meave made oath Northward to send, and range round Eman’s walls Her spoil, the war’s sole triumph, countless flocks, The herds milk-yielding of the large-eyed kine, The horses, and the asses, and the goats, The household stuffs, rich vests, and precious dyes, The hinds laborious, and the men age-bent, And maidens skilled in work; but, first, and chief That sable Bull, the cause of all the war. 1 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Ulidian Ulidian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 Northward northward ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 22 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 countless countless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 36 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 yielding yielding NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 kine kine NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 list _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 stuffs stuff VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 vests vest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 dyes dye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 hinds hind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 70 laborious laborious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 75 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 And and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ _ 81 skilled skill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 acl _ _ 82 in in ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ; ; PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 85 but but CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 87 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 88 , , PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 89 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 90 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ _ 91 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 93 det _ _ 92 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 amod _ _ 93 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 95 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 96 det _ _ 96 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 appos _ _ 97 of of ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 98 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 100 det:predet _ _ 99 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 100 det _ _ 100 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | Cuchullain | that host | | | | range round Eman's walls Meave's spoil the horses the goats and rich vests and precious dyes and the hinds and the war's sole triumph and countless flocks and the milk yielding and the asses *parataxis*; first, home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | Meave | oath | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | to-infinitive | oath *not said here* | | | | | northward *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **yielding** | | herds | | | | | of the eyed kine | tree rules | | 5 | **stuff** | present | the household | the goats and rich vests and precious dyes and the hinds *not said here* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Destination | | 6 | **skill** | participle | | maidens *not said here* | | work | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spoil** | | Meave | | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **triumph** | | the war | | | | | | nom triumph «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **cause** | | | all war | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/16/)