--- title: A prose translation of this tale, among the earliest at once and the… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: A prose translation of this tale, among the earliest at once and the most signally modified of the Irish legends, was made by my early friend, Gerald Griffin,[4] a man who, when certain to attain the first place among Irish popular writers, passed it by for a humble one among the ‘Christian Brothers --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/9/) [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/) / 9 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 2, sentence 9 A prose translation of this tale, among the earliest at once and the most signally modified of the Irish legends, was made by my early friend, Gerald Griffin,\[4\] a man who, when certain to attain the first place among Irish popular writers, passed it by for a humble one among the ‘Christian Brothers.’ **Who acts:** early friend, Irish popular writers, tale · **What happens:** modify, make, attain, pass, translate · **To what, where:** prose translation, first place, place 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 (early friend, Irish popular writers, 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:pg78491:2:9 # text = A prose translation of this tale, among the earliest at once and the most signally modified of the Irish legends, was made by my early friend, Gerald Griffin,[4] a man who, when certain to attain the first place among Irish popular writers, passed it by for a humble one among the ‘Christian Brothers.’ 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 prose prose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 parataxis _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 signally signally ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 modified modify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Gerald Gerald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 Griffin Griffin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 41 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 attain attain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 among among ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 writers writer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 59 among among ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 61 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **modify** | participle | my early friend *not said here* | | | | | of the Irish legends; signally *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past · passive | my early friend | a prose translation of this tale | | | | 4 *appos*; a man *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset subject=Beneficiary man=Product | | 3 | **attain** | to-infinitive | my early friend *not said here* | the first place | | | | among Irish popular writers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | participle | Irish popular writers *not said here* | place | | | | by a humble one among the Christian Brothers | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme by one=Destination | | 5 | **translate** | | this tale | | | | | | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)