--- title: This therefore was the order of their going: A hundred warriors marc… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: This therefore was the order of their going: A hundred warriors marching in the van; A hundred maidens next with veils loose flowing; A hundred clansmen next of Usnach’s clan, And each a greyhound leading in a cord; Swiftly with these they trod the moonlit sward. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, lovers, hundred warriors, order), 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:pg78491:4:50 # text = This therefore was the order of their going: A hundred warriors marching in the van; A hundred maidens next with veils loose flowing; A hundred clansmen next of Usnach’s clan, And each a greyhound leading in a cord; Swiftly with these they trod the moonlit sward. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ _ 13 marching march VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 van van NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 veils veil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 25 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 clansmen clansman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 30 next next ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Usnach Usnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 clan clan NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 40 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 Swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 obl _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 moonlit moonlit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 sward sward NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | the order | | | | hundred maidens and hundred clansmen next Usnach's clan and each greyhound *appos*; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | lovers *= lover* | the order *not said here* | | | | hundred warriors *parataxis* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme | | 3 | **march** | gerund | hundred warriors *not said here* | | | the van | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in van=Trajectory | | 4 | **flow** | gerund | the order *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lead** | gerund | each greyhound *not said here* | | | | | in a cord | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition in cord=Patient | | 6 | **tread** | past | lovers *= lover* | the moonlit sward | | | | swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location sward=Theme | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/4/)