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title: More numerous daily flocked to that still shore Peace-loving spirits… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: More numerous daily flocked to that still shore Peace-loving spirits: yea, the Gaelic clans And tribes Dedannan, foemen there no more, From the same fountains brimmed their flowing cans, And washed their kirtles in the same pure rills, And brought their corn-sheaves to the self-same mills. Who acts:
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 39

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More numerous daily flocked to that still shore Peace-loving spirits: yea, the Gaelic clans And tribes Dedannan, foemen there no more, From the same fountains brimmed their flowing cans, And washed their kirtles in the same pure rills, And brought their corn-sheaves to the self-same mills.

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**Who acts:** same fountains · **What happens:** flock, brim, flow, wash, bring · **To what, where:** flowing cans, kirtles, same pure rills, corn sheaves, same mills

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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 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same fountains), 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:pg78491:9:39
# text = More numerous daily flocked to that still shore Peace-loving spirits: yea, the Gaelic clans And tribes Dedannan, foemen there no more, From the same fountains brimmed their flowing cans, And washed their kirtles in the same pure rills, And brought their corn-sheaves to the self-same mills.
1	More	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
2	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	flocked	flock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	Peace	Peace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	loving	loving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	clans	clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
19	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	Dedannan	Dedannan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	foemen	foeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
24	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
25	no	no	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	From	from	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
32	brimmed	brim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	amod	_	_
35	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	kirtles	kirtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	rills	rill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
49	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
50	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	sheaves	sheaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
55	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	mills	mill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to that shore and Peace loving spirits; the Gaelic clans and tribes and foemen *parataxis*; daily, numerous *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **brim** | past | the same fountains | fountains's flowing cans |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **wash** | past | the same fountains *not said here* | fountains's kirtles |  | the same pure rills |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kirtle=Patient |
| 5 | **bring** | past | the same fountains *not said here* | fountains's corn sheaves |  | the same mills |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheaf=Theme to mill=Destination |

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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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