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title: That night in dream King Lir had anguish sore, And southward, ere th… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: That night in dream King Lir had anguish sore, And southward, ere the dawn, rode far away With many a chief to see his babes once more Beside Lough Derg; and lo, at close of day Nighing to Darvra’s lake, the westering sun In splendour on the advancing horsemen shone. Who acts: King, close. A sentenc
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 82

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That night in dream King Lir had anguish sore, And southward, ere the dawn, rode far away With many a chief to see his babes once more Beside Lough Derg; and lo, at close of day Nighing to Darvra’s lake, the westering sun In splendour on the advancing horsemen shone.

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**Who acts:** King, close · **What happens:** have, anguish, ere, ride, see, nigh · **To what, where:** babes, Lough

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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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, close), 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:pg78491:8:82
# text = That night in dream King Lir had anguish sore, And southward, ere the dawn, rode far away With many a chief to see his babes once more Beside Lough Derg; and lo, at close of day Nighing to Darvra’s lake, the westering sun In splendour on the advancing horsemen shone.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Lir	Lir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	anguish	anguish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
9	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	ere	ere	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
20	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	With	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	babes	babe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	30	advmod	_	_
30	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	26	advmod	_	_
31	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Lough	Lough	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
33	Derg	Derg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
36	lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	57	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	Nighing	nigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	acl	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	Darvra	Darvra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	’s	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	westering	wester	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	50	amod	_	_
50	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
51	In	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	advancing	advancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	_
56	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
57	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | King |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **anguish** | infinitive | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **ere** | past |  |  |  |  | dawn | southward *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **ride** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with a many chief; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | King's babes |  | Lough |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer babe=Stimulus |
| 6 | **nigh** | gerund | close of day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Darvra's lake and the westering sun in splendour on the advancing horsemen | tree rules |
| 7 | **wester** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **shine** | past | close of day |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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