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title: The ‘Children of Lir,’ and the ‘Sons of Usnach’[5] are two of those… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The ‘Children of Lir,’ and the ‘Sons of Usnach’[5] are two of those tales which in Ireland were always known as ‘the Three Sorrows of Song.’ Who acts: Sons, Song. 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 dependen
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 19

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The ‘Children of Lir,’ and the ‘Sons of Usnach’\[5\] are two of those tales which in Ireland were always known as ‘the Three Sorrows of Song.’

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**Who acts:** Sons, Song · **What happens:** be, know, sorrow · **To what, where:** two, tales, Ireland

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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 (Sons, Song), 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:pg78491:2:19
# text = The ‘Children of Lir,’ and the ‘Sons of Usnach’[5] are two of those tales which in Ireland were always known as ‘the Three Sorrows of Song.’
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Lir	Lir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Sons	Son	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Usnach	Usnach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	list	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	obj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
27	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	28	advmod	_	_
28	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl:relcl	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Three	Three	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	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 Sons of Usnach | two |  |  |  | of that tales | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past · passive |  | that tales |  | Ireland |  | as the Three Sorrows of Song; always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: which=Stimulus as sorrow=Attribute |
| 4 | **sorrow** |  | Song |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: of=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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