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title: Meanwhile all day in light discourse or deep The sons of Usnach and… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Meanwhile all day in light discourse or deep The sons of Usnach and of Fergus rode, And came at eve to Fuad’s mountain-steep; But Deirdré, bent for once by sorrow’s load Though strong, behind them dropped, and on a bank Moon-lit sat down; and slumber on her sank. Who acts: you, sons, Moon lit. A sen
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 26

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Meanwhile all day in light discourse or deep The sons of Usnach and of Fergus rode, And came at eve to Fuad’s mountain-steep; But Deirdré, bent for once by sorrow’s load Though strong, behind them dropped, and on a bank Moon-lit sat down; and slumber on her sank.

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**Who acts:** you, sons, Moon lit · **What happens:** deep, ride, come, bend, drop, sit down · **To what, where:** Deirdré, light discourse, eve, bank

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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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, sons, Moon lit), 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:pg78491:6:27
# text = Meanwhile all day in light discourse or deep The sons of Usnach and of Fergus rode, And came at eve to Fuad’s mountain-steep; But Deirdré, bent for once by sorrow’s load Though strong, behind them dropped, and on a bank Moon-lit sat down; and slumber on her sank.
1	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	discourse	discourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	deep	deep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Usnach	Usnach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	eve	eve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
23	Fuad	Fuad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’s	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
29	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	32	obl	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’s	's	PART	POS	_	36	case	_	_
38	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
39	Though	though	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
50	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	advcl	_	_
54	down	down	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
58	on	on	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	sank	sank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deep** | imperative | you *not said here* | Deirdré |  | light discourse | day | slumber on lit's sank *obl*; meanwhile *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | past | the sons of Usnach and Fergus |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | past | the sons of Usnach and Fergus *not said here* |  |  | eve |  | to mountain steep  Fuad | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to steep=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **bend** | participle |  | Deirdré *not said here* |  |  |  | by sorrow's load | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by load=Location |
| 5 | **drop** | past | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **sit down** | past | Moon lit |  |  | a bank |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location |

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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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