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title: And still the Three above their sister raised Their mighty shields t… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And still the Three above their sister raised Their mighty shields that, like three glittering spheres Glared through the gloom, and friend and foeman dazed; And fierce as living creatures worked their spears Dealing the death around, till all the plain Lay like a death-vault, strewn by warriors sla
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 37

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And still the Three above their sister raised Their mighty shields that, like three glittering spheres Glared through the gloom, and friend and foeman dazed; And fierce as living creatures worked their spears Dealing the death around, till all the plain Lay like a death-vault, strewn by warriors slain.

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**Who acts:** friend, living creatures, spears · **What happens:** raise, glitter, glare, daze, work, deal around · **To what, where:** mighty shields, three glittering spheres, gloom, spears, death

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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 (friend, living creatures, spears), 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:pg78491:7:37
# text = And still the Three above their sister raised Their mighty shields that, like three glittering spheres Glared through the gloom, and friend and foeman dazed; And fierce as living creatures worked their spears Dealing the death around, till all the plain Lay like a death-vault, strewn by warriors slain.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	advcl	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shields	shield	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
16	glittering	glitter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	spheres	sphere	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
18	Glared	glare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	gloom	gloom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
24	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	foeman	foeman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
27	dazed	daze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
29	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
34	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
35	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	Dealing	deal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	36	acl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	around	around	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	till	till	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
43	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	45	det:predet	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod:desc	_	_
46	Lay	Lay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
47	like	like	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
49	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	strewn	strewn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	compound	_	_
56	slain	slain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past |  | Brothers's mighty shields |  |  |  | above Brothers's sister; like three glittering spheres  that; the Three *advcl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Theme above sister=Destination |
| 2 | **glitter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **glare** | participle |  | three glittering spheres  that *not said here* |  | the gloom |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gloom=Location |
| 4 | **daze** | past | friend and foeman |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **work** | past | living creatures | Brothers's spears |  |  | till Lay  all plain like a death vault |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent spear=Material |
| 6 | **deal around** | gerund | Brothers's spears *not said here* | the death |  |  |  | around *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 7 | **strewn** | participle | living creatures *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by warriors slain | tree rules |

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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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