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title: To these were joined the vile ones of the street; For in their breas… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: To these were joined the vile ones of the street; For in their breasts Conor this seed had sown, Imposture sordid, and obscene conceit, ‘Traitors, in Alba late to princes grown, Would make their Pictish tyrant Uladh’s king!’ Who acts: Alba. A sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 82

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To these were joined the vile ones of the street; For in their breasts Conor this seed had sown, Imposture sordid, and obscene conceit, ‘Traitors, in Alba late to princes grown, Would make their Pictish tyrant Uladh’s king!’

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**Who acts:** Alba · **What happens:** join, sow, grow, make · **To what, where:** these, seed, princes, Pictish tyrant

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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 (Alba), 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:pg78491:6:83
# text = To these were joined the vile ones of the street; For in their breasts Conor this seed had sown, Imposture sordid, and obscene conceit, ‘Traitors, in Alba late to princes grown, Would make their Pictish tyrant Uladh’s king!’
1	To	to	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	vile	vile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
12	For	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	breasts	breast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
16	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Imposture	imposture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	sordid	sordid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	obscene	obscene	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Traitors	traitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
34	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nsubj	_	_
37	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	Would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	parataxis	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
42	Pictish	pictish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
44	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	’s	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past · passive |  | these |  |  |  | the vile ones of the street *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sow** | past · perfect · passive |  | this seed |  |  |  | for streets's breasts; Imposture and obscene conceit and Traitors *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  | princes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | would | Alba | princes's Pictish tyrant |  |  |  | princes *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyrant=Product |

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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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