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title: ‘Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say “Set ye the sons of Usnach… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say “Set ye the sons of Usnach side by side, A rock behind them, or some cromlech grey, Then blow a trump o’er Erin, far and wide; And range her hosts against them, face to face, Those Three shall hew them down, and homeward chase!” Who acts: Uladh, clansmen, Tho
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 73

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‘Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say “Set ye the sons of Usnach side by side, A rock behind them, or some cromlech grey, Then blow a trump o’er Erin, far and wide; And range her hosts against them, face to face, Those Three shall hew them down, and homeward chase!”

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**Who acts:** Uladh, clansmen, Those · **What happens:** feast, say, set, blow, range, hew down · **To what, where:** homeward chase, ye, trump, hosts, clansmen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uladh, clansmen, Those), 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:pg78491:3:73
# text = ‘Ever at Uladh’s feasts the clansmen say “Set ye the sons of Usnach side by side, A rock behind them, or some cromlech grey, Then blow a trump o’er Erin, far and wide; And range her hosts against them, face to face, Those Three shall hew them down, and homeward chase!”
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	feasts	feast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clansmen	clansman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
12	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Usnach	Usnach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
23	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	28	det	_	_
28	cromlech	cromlech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
32	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	trump	trump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	o’er	o'er	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	_
36	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
42	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	range	range	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	advcl	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
46	against	against	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	56	nsubj	_	_
54	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	nsubj	_	_
55	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	hew	hew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	conj	_	_
57	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	down	down	ADP	RP	_	56	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | present | Uladh | homeward chase |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | the clansmen |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **set** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | ye |  |  |  | the sons of Usnach side by side and a rock behind clansmen *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme son=Destination |
| 4 | **blow** *in a quote* | infinitive | Uladh *not said here* | a trump |  |  | then | far *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent trump=Patient |
| 5 | **range** *in a quote* | infinitive | Uladh *not said here* | cromlech's hosts |  |  |  | against clansmen *= clansman*; face to face *obl* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location host=Theme |
| 6 | **hew down** *in a quote* | shall | Those | clansmen *= clansman* |  |  |  | Three *nsubj* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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