--- title: The latter includes a chapter, the fourteenth, entitled ‘The Welding… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: The latter includes a chapter, the fourteenth, entitled ‘The Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Grana,’ taken, as might seem, from ‘The Knighting of Cuchullain,’ so close is the resemblance--as close as that between the Spanish story of the ‘Monk and the Bird,’ known to the English reader t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/33/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/) / 33 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 33 The latter includes a chapter, the fourteenth, entitled ‘The Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Grana,’ taken, as might seem, from ‘The Knighting of Cuchullain,’ so close is the resemblance--as close as that between the Spanish story of the ‘Monk and the Bird,’ known to the English reader through Archbishop Trench’s charming poem, and the Irish tale regarded as its original. **Who acts:** latter, Irish tale · **What happens:** include, entitle, take, seem, be, know · **To what, where:** chapter, Welding, Shards, Knighting, close resemblance, charming poem 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 (latter, Irish tale), 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:pg78491:2:33 # text = The latter includes a chapter, the fourteenth, entitled ‘The Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Grana,’ taken, as might seem, from ‘The Knighting of Cuchullain,’ so close is the resemblance--as close as that between the Spanish story of the ‘Monk and the Bird,’ known to the English reader through Archbishop Trench’s charming poem, and the Irish tale regarded as its original. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 3 includes include VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fourteenth fourteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 entitled entitle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Welding Welding PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Shards Shard PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 Grana Grana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 seem seem VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Knighting knighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 resemblance resemblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 obl _ _ 48 between between ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Monk Monk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 61 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 66 through through ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 67 Archbishop Archbishop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 Trench Trench PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’s 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 77 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 78 as as SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 79 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **include** | present | the latter | a chapter and the fourteenth | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chapter=Theme | | 2 | **entitle** | past | | the Welding and the Shards of the Sword | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | participle | | the Shards of the Sword *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seem** | might | | the Knighting of Cuchullain | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme knighting=Attribute | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the close resemblance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | participle | | | | Archbishop Trench's charming poem | | to the English reader | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **regard** | participle | the Irish tale | | | | | original *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)