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title: Three tents they planted where the forest’s skirt Sheltered the lowl… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Three tents they planted where the forest’s skirt Sheltered the lowland from the increasing heat; In one, with hand assiduous and expert, Deirdré prepared that food by toil made sweet; In one they held their banquet; and in one Sang their glad songs till half the night was done. Who acts: Three tent
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 5, sentence 6

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Three tents they planted where the forest’s skirt Sheltered the lowland from the increasing heat; In one, with hand assiduous and expert, Deirdré prepared that food by toil made sweet; In one they held their banquet; and in one Sang their glad songs till half the night was done.

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**Who acts:** Three tents, skirt, Deirdré, food, tents · **What happens:** plant, shelter, prepare, make, hold, do · **To what, where:** lowland, increasing heat, banquet, glad songs, one Sang

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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 (Three tents, skirt, Deirdré, food), 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:pg78491:5:6
# text = Three tents they planted where the forest’s skirt Sheltered the lowland from the increasing heat; In one, with hand assiduous and expert, Deirdré prepared that food by toil made sweet; In one they held their banquet; and in one Sang their glad songs till half the night was done.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’s	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	Sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lowland	lowland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	increasing	increasing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
18	In	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
23	assiduous	assiduous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	expert	expert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	toil	toil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	ccomp	_	_
34	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
36	In	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	obl	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	Sang	Sang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	till	till	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	53	det:predet	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | Three tents |  |  |  |  | in one; tents *= tent* *nsubj* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in one=Destination |
| 2 | **shelter** | past | the forest's skirt | the lowland |  | the increasing heat |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lowland=Patient from heat=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **prepare** | past | Deirdré |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **make** | past | food by toil |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |
| 5 | **hold** | past | tents *= tent* | tents's banquet |  |  |  | in one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent banquet=Theme in one=Location |
| 6 | **do** | past · passive |  | tents's glad songs |  | one Sang | night |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 7 | **sing** |  | tents *= tent* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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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