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title: Conor since then had ruled the Ulidian race, And ever waxed in subtl… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Conor since then had ruled the Ulidian race, And ever waxed in subtlety and power, Though better loved was Fergus’ honest face, And princely port, forth issuing from his tower At times with horse and hound to chase the boar, Crowning at times the topmost ridge of war. Who acts: better. A sentence of
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 3, sentence 8

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Conor since then had ruled the Ulidian race, And ever waxed in subtlety and power, Though better loved was Fergus’ honest face, And princely port, forth issuing from his tower At times with horse and hound to chase the boar, Crowning at times the topmost ridge of war.

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**Who acts:** better · **What happens:** rule, wax, love, be, issue, chase · **To what, where:** Conor, subtlety, honest face, tower, boar

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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 (better), 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:pg78491:3:8
# text = Conor since then had ruled the Ulidian race, And ever waxed in subtlety and power, Though better loved was Fergus’ honest face, And princely port, forth issuing from his tower At times with horse and hound to chase the boar, Crowning at times the topmost ridge of war.
1	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	since	since	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Ulidian	ulidian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	waxed	wax	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	subtlety	subtlety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	nsubj	_	_
20	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
22	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	princely	princely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	issuing	issue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	conj	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	At	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	advcl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	Crowning	crown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	conj	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	ridge	ridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past · perfect · passive |  | Conor |  |  |  | the Ulidian race *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme race=Result |
| 2 | **wax** | participle |  |  |  | subtlety and power | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in subtlety=Location |
| 3 | **love** | past | better |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | Fergus's honest face and princely port |  |  |  | Fergus *nmod:poss*; princely port *conj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **issue** | gerund |  |  |  | Fergus's tower | time | with horse and hound; forth *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with horse=Theme |
| 6 | **chase** | to-infinitive |  | the boar |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Theme |
| 7 | **crown** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn appoint-29.1 «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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