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title: ‘Likewise thus vowed he, ne’er to tread again Green Erin’s soil, his… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Likewise thus vowed he, ne’er to tread again Green Erin’s soil, his glory and his joy, Till Conal Carnach fetched him o’er the main, Or else Cuchullain, or the son of Roy, Fergus, my dearest. Who acts: Conal, Green Erin, ne’er. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 25

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‘Likewise thus vowed he, ne’er to tread again Green Erin’s soil, his glory and his joy, Till Conal Carnach fetched him o’er the main, Or else Cuchullain, or the son of Roy, Fergus, my dearest.

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**Who acts:** Conal, Green Erin, ne’er · **What happens:** vow, tread, fetch, soil, glory, joy · **To what, where:** guarantee, soil

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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 (Conal, Green Erin, 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:pg78491:5:25
# text = ‘Likewise thus vowed he, ne’er to tread again Green Erin’s soil, his glory and his joy, Till Conal Carnach fetched him o’er the main, Or else Cuchullain, or the son of Roy, Fergus, my dearest.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	ne’er	ne'er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	tread	tread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	’s	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	Conal	Conal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	Carnach	Carnach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	flat	_	_
25	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	o’er	o'er	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	else	else	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Roy	Roy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	dearest	dear	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vow** | past |  | guarantee |  |  |  | ne’er *obl*; Cuchullain and Fergus *obl*; likewise, thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tread** | to-infinitive |  | Green Erin's soil and ne’er's glory and ne’er's joy |  |  | again |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location soil=Theme |
| 3 | **fetch** | past | Conal | guarantee |  |  |  | o'er the main | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **soil** |  | Green Erin |  |  |  |  |  | nom soil «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **glory** |  | ne’er *= ne'er* |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **joy** |  | ne’er *= ne'er* |  |  |  |  |  | nom joy «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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