--- title: Some say that race of old from Greece exiled Long time had sojourned… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Some say that race of old from Greece exiled Long time had sojourned in the frozen North Roaming Norwegian wood and Danish wild: To Erin thence more late they issued forth, And thither brought two gifts both loved and feared, The ‘Lia Fail,’ and Ogham lore revered. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Some, woods, two gifts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:7:108 # text = Some say that race of old from Greece exiled Long time had sojourned in the frozen North Roaming Norwegian wood and Danish wild: To Erin thence more late they issued forth, And thither brought two gifts both loved and feared, The ‘Lia Fail,’ and Ogham lore revered. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Greece Greece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 exiled exile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 sojourned sojourn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 16 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 17 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 Roaming roam VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 19 Norwegian Norwegian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 To to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 thence thence ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 29 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 forth forth ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 thither thither ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 both both ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Lia Lia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Fail Fail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 Ogham Ogham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 53 revered revere VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **exile** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sojourn** | past · perfect | | | | the frozen Roaming Norwegian wood North | time | | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | | 4 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **roam** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **issue** | past | woods *= wood* | | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past | Some *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **love** | past | two gifts | | | | | both *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **fear** | past | two gifts *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **revere** | participle | | Ogham lore *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)