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title: The Tuathan might have pointed out to his Gaelic conqueror a cairn w… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Tuathan might have pointed out to his Gaelic conqueror a cairn which still remains on the coast of Sligo, that of Eochy, King of the Firbolgs. Who acts: cairn. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 2, with its depende
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 14

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The Tuathan might have pointed out to his Gaelic conqueror a cairn which still remains on the coast of Sligo, that of Eochy, King of the Firbolgs.

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**Who acts:** cairn · **What happens:** point out, remain · **To what, where:** Tuathan, Gaelic conqueror, coast

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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 (cairn), 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:pg78491:2:14
# text = The Tuathan might have pointed out to his Gaelic conqueror a cairn which still remains on the coast of Sligo, that of Eochy, King of the Firbolgs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tuathan	Tuathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	pointed	point	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cairn	cairn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Sligo	Sligo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Eochy	Eochy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Firbolgs	Firbolgs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | might · perfect · passive |  | the Tuathan | Conel's Gaelic conqueror |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to conqueror=Recipient |
| 2 | **remain** | present | a cairn |  |  | the coast of Sligo and Eochy  that | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location |

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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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