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description: And forth they sped through courts foot deep in blood, And reached the gate that issued to the north Where fierceliest raged the fight: and Deirdré trod Midmost between the twain, and Naisi first; And on the battle lion-like they burst. Who acts: Brothers, gate, fierceliest, Deirdré. A sentence of «
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 36

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And forth they sped through courts foot deep in blood, And reached the gate that issued to the north Where fierceliest raged the fight: and Deirdré trod Midmost between the twain, and Naisi first; And on the battle lion-like they burst.

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**Who acts:** Brothers, gate, fierceliest, Deirdré · **What happens:** speed, reach, issue, rage, tread, burst · **To what, where:** courts foot, gate, north, fight, Midmost

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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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brothers, gate, fierceliest, Deirdré), 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:pg78491:7:36
# text = And forth they sped through courts foot deep in blood, And reached the gate that issued to the north Where fierceliest raged the fight: and Deirdré trod Midmost between the twain, and Naisi first; And on the battle lion-like they burst.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sped	speed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	issued	issue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	23	advmod	_	_
22	fierceliest	fiercely	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	23	nsubj	_	_
23	raged	rage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	Deirdré	Deirdré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	trod	tread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
30	Midmost	Midmost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	between	between	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	twain	twain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	Naisi	Naisi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	parataxis	_	_
37	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
39	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	burst	burst	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speed** | past | Brothers *= brother* |  |  | courts foot |  | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through foot=Trajectory |
| 2 | **reach** | past |  | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |
| 3 | **issue** | past | the gate |  | the north |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to north=Recipient |
| 4 | **rage** | past | fierceliest | the fight |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location fight=Theme |
| 5 | **tread** | past | Deirdré | Midmost |  |  |  | between the twain; Naisi *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 6 | **burst** | present | Brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  | on the battle lion | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lion=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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