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title: The ‘Children of Lir’ is perhaps the chief memorial of that Tuatha d… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The ‘Children of Lir’ is perhaps the chief memorial of that Tuatha de Dannan race, which had held sway for two centuries before the invasion of the Gael, and yet were themselves regarded as intruders by the Firbolgs. Who acts: Children, Firbolgs. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other le
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 10

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The ‘Children of Lir’ is perhaps the chief memorial of that Tuatha de Dannan race, which had held sway for two centuries before the invasion of the Gael, and yet were themselves regarded as intruders by the Firbolgs.

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**Who acts:** Children, Firbolgs · **What happens:** be, hold, regard, invade · **To what, where:** chief memorial, Tuatha Dannan race, Gael

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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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Children, Firbolgs), 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:pg78491:2:10
# text = The ‘Children of Lir’ is perhaps the chief memorial of that Tuatha de Dannan race, which had held sway for two centuries before the invasion of the Gael, and yet were themselves regarded as intruders by the Firbolgs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Lir	Lir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	memorial	memorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
14	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
15	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
16	Dannan	Dannan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	sway	sway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	before	before	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Gael	Gael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
36	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	_
37	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	intruders	intruder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Firbolgs	Firbolgs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Children of Lir | the chief memorial |  |  |  | of Tuatha Dannan race  that; perhaps *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive |  | Tuatha Dannan race  that |  |  | before the invasion of the Gael; century | sway *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme sway=Eventuality |
| 3 | **regard** | past · passive | the Firbolgs |  |  |  | yet | as intruders | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as intruder=Value |
| 4 | **invade** |  |  | the Gael |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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