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title: But Naisi smiled, forth issuing with his brand, And said but this; ‘… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: But Naisi smiled, forth issuing with his brand, And said but this; ‘Abide till I return;’ And soon, that head ill-omened in his hand, Came back with countenance bright, at once and stern: Then Deirdré spake, ‘My hand had borne that freight If thine had spared it! Who acts: Naisi, I, Deirdré spake. A
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 73

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But Naisi smiled, forth issuing with his brand, And said but this; ‘Abide till I return;’ And soon, that head ill-omened in his hand, Came back with countenance bright, at once and stern: Then Deirdré spake, ‘My hand had borne that freight If thine had spared it!

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**Who acts:** Naisi, I, Deirdré spake · **What happens:** smile, issue, say, abide, return, omen · **To what, where:** this, head, hand, thine · **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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Naisi, I, Deirdré spake), 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:pg78491:4:74
# text = But Naisi smiled, forth issuing with his brand, And said but this; ‘Abide till I return;’ And soon, that head ill-omened in his hand, Came back with countenance bright, at once and stern: Then Deirdré spake, ‘My hand had borne that freight If thine had spared it!
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	issuing	issue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Abide	abide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
18	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
23	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
24	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	omened	omen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	Came	came	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
36	back	back	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	35	advmod	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	stern	stern	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
46	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	48	advmod	_	_
47	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl:relcl	_	_
55	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	56	det	_	_
56	freight	freight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
58	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
59	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	advcl	_	_
61	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | past | Naisi |  |  |  |  | Deirdré spake *parataxis* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **issue** | gerund | Naisi *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Naisi's brand; forth *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with brand=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic |
| 4 | **abide** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **return** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **omen** | participle · passive |  | that head |  | Naisi's hand |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **came back** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with countenance; once *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **stern** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | Deirdré spake *not said here* | My hand |  |  |  | that freight *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary freight=Patient |
| 10 | **spare** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | thine |  |  |  | freight *obj* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient it=Asset |
| 11 | **brand** |  | Naisi |  |  |  |  |  | nom brand «communication transitive»: poss=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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