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title: ‘Dead are the eagles three of Culan’s peaks; The lions three of Ulad… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Dead are the eagles three of Culan’s peaks; The lions three of Uladh’s forest glades; The wonders three of Alba’s lakes and creeks; The loved ones three of Etive’s fair young maids: The crownless sons of Erin’s Throne are sped: The glories of the Red Branch Order dead. Who acts: Dead, Red Branch Or
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 73

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‘Dead are the eagles three of Culan’s peaks; The lions three of Uladh’s forest glades; The wonders three of Alba’s lakes and creeks; The loved ones three of Etive’s fair young maids: The crownless sons of Erin’s Throne are sped: The glories of the Red Branch Order dead.

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**Who acts:** Dead, Red Branch Order · **What happens:** be, love, speed, glory · **To what, where:** eagles, crownless sons

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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 (Dead, Red Branch Order), 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:pg78491:7:73
# text = ‘Dead are the eagles three of Culan’s peaks; The lions three of Uladh’s forest glades; The wonders three of Alba’s lakes and creeks; The loved ones three of Etive’s fair young maids: The crownless sons of Erin’s Throne are sped: The glories of the Red Branch Order dead.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dead	Dead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Culan	Culan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	’s	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	glades	glade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	wonders	wonder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
23	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	flat	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	’s	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	_
27	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	creeks	creek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
34	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
36	Etive	Etive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’s	's	PART	POS	_	36	case	_	_
38	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
39	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
42	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	crownless	crownless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	’s	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	Throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
49	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux:pass	_	_
50	sped	speed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
52	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	glories	glory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	Red	Red	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
57	Branch	Branch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	Order	Order	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
59	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dead | the eagles and the lions and the wonders and the loved ones  three of Etive's fair young maids and the glories of the Red Branch Order |  |  |  | the lions and the wonders and the loved ones  three of Etive's fair young maids and the glories of the Red Branch Order *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **speed** | present · passive |  | the crownless sons of Erin's Throne |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |
| 4 | **glory** |  | the Red Branch Order |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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