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title: But when the fourth dawn o’er the forest soaring Sent through the he… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: But when the fourth dawn o’er the forest soaring Sent through the heavens divergent beams of splendour, Upon the earth glory and gladness pouring, That host arose; nor took they farewell tender: Three stones the clansman, each, above his head Flung backward far in scorn: then forth they sped. Who ac
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 4, sentence 78

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But when the fourth dawn o’er the forest soaring Sent through the heavens divergent beams of splendour, Upon the earth glory and gladness pouring, That host arose; nor took they farewell tender: Three stones the clansman, each, above his head Flung backward far in scorn: then forth they sped.

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**Who acts:** host, brothers, head · **What happens:** send, arise, take, farewell, fling, speed · **To what, where:** fourth dawn, heavens, earth glory, tender, scorn, splendour

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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 (host, brothers, head), 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:pg78491:4:79
# text = But when the fourth dawn o’er the forest soaring Sent through the heavens divergent beams of splendour, Upon the earth glory and gladness pouring, That host arose; nor took they farewell tender: Three stones the clansman, each, above his head Flung backward far in scorn: then forth they sped.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	o’er	o'er	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	soaring	soar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	Sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	heavens	heaven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	divergent	divergent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	beams	beam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	gladness	gladness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	pouring	pouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	32	cc	_	_
32	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	farewell	farewell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	ccomp	_	_
35	tender	tender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
37	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	appos	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	clansman	clansman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	above	above	ADP	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
47	Flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
48	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	47	advmod	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
53	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	56	advmod	_	_
54	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
55	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	sped	speed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund · passive |  | the fourth dawn o'er the forest |  | the heavens and divergent beams of splendour |  | upon the earth glory and gladness pouring | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **arise** | past | that host | the earth glory and gladness pouring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glory=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 4 | **farewell** | past | brothers *= brother* | tender |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fling** | past | host's head |  |  | scorn |  | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in scorn=Destination |
| 6 | **speed** | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  | then | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **beam** |  |  | splendour |  |  |  |  | nom beam «communication transitive»: of=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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