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title: Thus it befell; once more at Conor’s call The Red-Branch Knights par… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus it befell; once more at Conor’s call The Red-Branch Knights partook their monarch’s feast, Ranged ’neath their standards round Emania’s hall; And when at last the hunger rage had ceased, And many an echo of loud songs had died, King Conor rose, thus speaking in his pride; Who acts: own, Branch 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 12

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Thus it befell; once more at Conor’s call The Red-Branch Knights partook their monarch’s feast, Ranged ’neath their standards round Emania’s hall; And when at last the hunger rage had ceased, And many an echo of loud songs had died, King Conor rose, thus speaking in his pride;

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**Who acts:** own, Branch Knights, many, King, Conor · **What happens:** befall, partake, range, cease, die, rise · **To what, where:** feast, call, hunger rage, last, pride · **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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (own, Branch Knights, many, King), 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:pg78491:5:12
# text = Thus it befell; once more at Conor’s call The Red-Branch Knights partook their monarch’s feast, Ranged ’neath their standards round Emania’s hall; And when at last the hunger rage had ceased, And many an echo of loud songs had died, King Conor rose, thus speaking in his pride;
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	befell	befall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Branch	Branch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Knights	Knight	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	partook	partake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’s	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Ranged	range	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
23	’	'	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	neath	neath	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	standards	standard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	round	round	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	Emania	Emania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	’s	's	PART	POS	_	28	case	_	_
30	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
32	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
33	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	40	advmod	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	obl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
42	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
43	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	nsubj	_	_
44	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
53	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	flat	_	_
54	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	54	advcl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **befall** | past | own |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **partake** | past | the Branch Knights | Knights's monarch's feast |  | Conor's call |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **range** | participle | the Branch Knights *not said here* |  |  |  |  | neath Knights's standards round Emania's hall | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive |  | the hunger rage |  | last |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 5 | **die** | past · perfect | many |  |  |  |  | a echo of loud songs *nsubj* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **rise** | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | King *not said here* |  |  | King's pride |  | thus *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **call** |  | Conor |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **pride** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling 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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