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title: Again the plot-deviser rose and spake: ‘Men of great stomachs, Lords… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Again the plot-deviser rose and spake: ‘Men of great stomachs, Lords, we count those Three: “Exiles,” they sware, “we go: but ne’er come back Till sureties strong are ours, and guarantee By Conor sent, firm pledge of endless troth:” Thus Naisi sware: and sacred is an oath. Who acts: deviser rose, Ex
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 24

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Again the plot-deviser rose and spake: ‘Men of great stomachs, Lords, we count those Three: “Exiles,” they sware, “we go: but ne’er come back Till sureties strong are ours, and guarantee By Conor sent, firm pledge of endless troth:” Thus Naisi sware: and sacred is an oath.

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**Who acts:** deviser rose, Exiles, we, ne’er, sureties, guarantee · **What happens:** count, sware, go, come back, be, send · **To what, where:** those, sware, ours, firm pledge, sacred oath, endless troth

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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 (deviser rose, Exiles, we, ne’er), 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:pg78491:5:24
# text = Again the plot-deviser rose and spake: ‘Men of great stomachs, Lords, we count those Three: “Exiles,” they sware, “we go: but ne’er come back Till sureties strong are ours, and guarantee By Conor sent, firm pledge of endless troth:” Thus Naisi sware: and sacred is an oath.
1	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	deviser	deviser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	obj	_	_
21	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
23	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Exiles	exile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	sware	sware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	ne’er	ne'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
37	back	back	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj	_	_
40	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
41	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
46	By	by	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	troth	troth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
57	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
58	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	sware	sware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	65	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
62	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
63	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	65	cop	_	_
64	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | the deviser rose and spake | those |  |  |  | Men of great stomachs and Lords *nsubj*; we *nsubj* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 2 | **sware** |  | Exiles |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | we | sware *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sware=Theme |
| 4 | **come back** *in a quote* | present | ne’er |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | sureties | ours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **send** *in a quote* | past | guarantee by Conor | firm pledge of endless troth |  |  |  | Naisi sware and a sacred oath *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pledge=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** | present | guarantee by Conor *not said here* | a sacred oath |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **guarantee** *in a quote* |  | Conor |  |  |  |  |  | nom guarantee «communication transitive»: by=agent |
| 9 | **pledge** *in a quote* |  |  | endless troth |  |  |  |  | nom pledge «possession 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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