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title: Thus, though elsewhere the sons of Erin strove From Aileach’s coast,… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus, though elsewhere the sons of Erin strove From Aileach’s coast, and Uladh’s marble cliffs, To where by banks of Lee, and Beara’s cove, The fishers spread their nets and launched their skiffs, Round Darvra’s shores remained inviolate peace; There too the flocks and fields had best increase. Who 
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 40

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Thus, though elsewhere the sons of Erin strove From Aileach’s coast, and Uladh’s marble cliffs, To where by banks of Lee, and Beara’s cove, The fishers spread their nets and launched their skiffs, Round Darvra’s shores remained inviolate peace; There too the flocks and fields had best increase.

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**Who acts:** sons, marble, cove, shores, flocks · **What happens:** strive, cliff, spread, launch, remain, have · **To what, where:** coast, nets, skiffs, inviolate peace, best increase

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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 (sons, marble, cove, shores), 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:pg78491:9:40
# text = Thus, though elsewhere the sons of Erin strove From Aileach’s coast, and Uladh’s marble cliffs, To where by banks of Lee, and Beara’s cove, The fishers spread their nets and launched their skiffs, Round Darvra’s shores remained inviolate peace; There too the flocks and fields had best increase.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	strove	strive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	From	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Aileach	Aileach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	’s	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	Uladh	Uladh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	’s	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	To	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	parataxis	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
29	Beara	Beara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	’s	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	cove	cove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	fishers	fisher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
35	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	launched	launch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	skiffs	skiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	Round	Round	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	_
44	Darvra	Darvra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	’s	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
46	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
47	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
48	inviolate	inviolate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
51	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	57	expl	_	_
52	too	too	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	_
57	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
58	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	59	amod	_	_
59	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strive** | past | the sons of Erin |  |  | Aileach's coast |  | thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cliff** |  | Uladh's marble |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spread** | present | Beara's cove | fishers's nets |  |  |  | the fishers *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location net=Theme |
| 4 | **launch** | past | the sons of Erin *not said here* | fishers's skiffs |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skiff=Theme |
| 5 | **remain** | past | Round's shores | inviolate peace |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme peace=Attribute |
| 6 | **have** | past | the flocks and fields | best increase |  | there |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=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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