--- title: Ere long the exiles leaped on Erin’s strand: The courtier followed f… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Ere long the exiles leaped on Erin’s strand: The courtier followed fast: with loud-voiced glee He bade them welcome to their native land, And kissed the hands of each full reverently, Deirdré’s the last; and said; ‘Your home is here! Who acts: Barach, home. 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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 (Barach, home), 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:pg78491:5:104 # text = Ere long the exiles leaped on Erin’s strand: The courtier followed fast: with loud-voiced glee He bade them welcome to their native land, And kissed the hands of each full reverently, Deirdré’s the last; and said; ‘Your home is here! 1 Ere ere ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 exiles exile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 strand strand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 courtier courtier NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 13 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 voiced voice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 glee glee NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod _ _ 36 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 fixed _ _ 37 reverently reverently ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | participle | | the exiles *not said here* | | Erin's strand | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on strand=Trajectory | | 2 | **follow** | participle | | the courtier and voiced glee *not said here* | | | | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **voice** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bade** | past | Barach | Exiles *= exile* | | | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **kiss** | past | | the hands of each | | | | long *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | Your home | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/5/)