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title: The further back we go the higher is the imagination, the energy, an… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: The further back we go the higher is the imagination, the energy, and even the art; the legends of the Heroic Age surpassing the mediæval in refinement as much as in force, and the mediæval escaping the extravagancies and vulgarities sometimes found in those of later days. Who acts: we, further back
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 37

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The further back we go the higher is the imagination, the energy, and even the art; the legends of the Heroic Age surpassing the mediæval in refinement as much as in force, and the mediæval escaping the extravagancies and vulgarities sometimes found in those of later days.

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**Who acts:** we, further back, legends, mediæval · **What happens:** go, be, surpass, escape, find · **To what, where:** further back, imagination, mediæval, refinement, extravagancies

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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 (we, further back, legends, mediæval), 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:pg78491:2:37
# text = The further back we go the higher is the imagination, the energy, and even the art; the legends of the Heroic Age surpassing the mediæval in refinement as much as in force, and the mediæval escaping the extravagancies and vulgarities sometimes found in those of later days.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	Heroic	heroic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	Age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	surpassing	surpass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	mediæval	mediæval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	refinement	refinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
31	as	as	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	obj	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	mediæval	mediæval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
40	escaping	escape	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	acl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	extravagancies	extravagancy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	vulgarities	vulgarity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	_
45	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	46	advmod	_	_
46	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	46	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	51	advmod	_	_
51	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | we | the further back *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location back=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the further back | the imagination and the energy and the legends of the Heroic Age and the mediæval |  |  |  | the energy *conj*; the art *parataxis*; the legends of the Heroic Age and the mediæval *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **surpass** | gerund | the legends of the Heroic Age and the mediæval *not said here* | the mediæval |  | refinement |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **escape** | gerund | the mediæval *not said here* | the extravagancies and vulgarities |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme extravagancy=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **find** | participle |  | the mediæval *not said here* |  | the mediæval |  | sometimes *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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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