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title: A mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church prope… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: A mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property would restore to light all the best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit not of Ireland’s sons only, but of learning in all lands; and she has still scholars competent to the task. Who acts: mere fragment, fragment.
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 49

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A mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property would restore to light all the best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit not of Ireland’s sons only, but of learning in all lands; and she has still scholars competent to the task.

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**Who acts:** mere fragment, fragment · **What happens:** restore, light, have · **To what, where:** best specimens

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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 (mere fragment, fragment), 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:pg78491:2:49
# text = A mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property would restore to light all the best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit not of Ireland’s sons only, but of learning in all lands; and she has still scholars competent to the task.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fragment	fragment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	surplus	surplus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	specimens	specimen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	’s	's	PART	POS	_	30	case	_	_
32	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
33	only	only	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
45	still	still	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
46	scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
47	competent	competent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	xcomp	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | would | a mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property |  |  |  |  | of learning in all lands | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** | to-infinitive | a mere fragment of the remaining surplus from the Irish Church property *not said here* | all best specimens of ancient Irish genius for the benefit of Ireland's sons |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent specimen=Product |
| 3 | **have** | present | fragment |  |  |  |  | competent *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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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