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title: And, foot by foot, the hostile hosts fell back; And, more and more,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And, foot by foot, the hostile hosts fell back; And, more and more, true friends, till then dismayed, Fought by their side, or followed in their track: Due northward t’ward the sea their march they made; And, marching, eyed full oft that fortress fired-- Therein full many a Red-Branch Knight expired
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 38

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And, foot by foot, the hostile hosts fell back; And, more and more, true friends, till then dismayed, Fought by their side, or followed in their track: Due northward t’ward the sea their march they made; And, marching, eyed full oft that fortress fired-- Therein full many a Red-Branch Knight expired.

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**Who acts:** foot, true friends, march, full oft, full many · **What happens:** fall back, dismay, fight, follow, make, march · **To what, where:** true friends, track, sea, full oft

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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 (foot, true friends, march, full oft), 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:pg78491:7:38
# text = And, foot by foot, the hostile hosts fell back; And, more and more, true friends, till then dismayed, Fought by their side, or followed in their track: Due northward t’ward the sea their march they made; And, marching, eyed full oft that fortress fired-- Therein full many a Red-Branch Knight expired.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hostile	hostile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
13	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
24	dismayed	dismay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
37	Due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
38	northward	northward	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	t’ward	t'ward	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
47	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
49	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
51	eyed	eye	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
52	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	oft	oft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
55	fortress	fortress	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	_
56	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	Therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
59	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	nsubj	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
62	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	Branch	Branch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	_
65	Knight	Knight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nsubj	_	_
66	expired	expire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall back** | past | foot by foot |  |  |  |  | the hostile hosts *nsubj*; true friends *conj* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dismay** | past | true friends *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **fight** | participle |  | true friends *not said here* |  |  |  | by feet's side | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **follow** | participle |  | true friends *not said here* |  | feet's track |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in track=Location |
| 5 | **make** | past | feet's march | the sea *not said here* |  |  |  | feet *= foot* *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sea=Product |
| 6 | **march** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **eye** | past | foot by foot *not said here* | full oft |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oft=Stimulus |
| 8 | **fortress** | present | full oft |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **fire** | participle | full oft *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **expire** | past | full many |  |  |  |  | a Branch Knight *nsubj* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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