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title: T’ward them they sped: their sorrows they recounted: The warriors co… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: T’ward them they sped: their sorrows they recounted: The warriors could not aid them, and rode by: Then higher than of old their anguish mounted; And farther rang through heaven their piteous cry; And when it ceased, this lay Finola sang While all the echoing rocks and caverns rang: Who acts: T’ward
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# The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 9, sentence 79

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T’ward them they sped: their sorrows they recounted: The warriors could not aid them, and rode by: Then higher than of old their anguish mounted; And farther rang through heaven their piteous cry; And when it ceased, this lay Finola sang While all the echoing rocks and caverns rang:

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**Who acts:** T’ward, sorrows, warriors, cry, this, Finola · **What happens:** speed, recount, not aid, anguish, mount, ring · **To what, where:** growths, piteous cry, heaven · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (T’ward, sorrows, warriors, cry), 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:pg78491:9:80
# text = T’ward them they sped: their sorrows they recounted: The warriors could not aid them, and rode by: Then higher than of old their anguish mounted; And farther rang through heaven their piteous cry; And when it ceased, this lay Finola sang While all the echoing rocks and caverns rang:
1	T’ward	T'ward	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	flat	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sped	speed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	recounted	recount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	aid	aid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rode	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	advcl	_	_
24	than	than	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	fixed	_	_
26	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obl	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	anguish	anguish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
29	mounted	mount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	farther	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	33	advmod	_	_
33	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
34	through	through	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	piteous	piteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
40	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
41	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
45	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	nsubj	_	_
46	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
47	Finola	Finola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
48	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
49	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
50	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	echoing	echoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nsubj	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	caverns	cavern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	_
56	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speed** | past | T’ward |  |  |  |  | growths *= growth* *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | growths's sorrows |  |  |  |  | growths *= growth* *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **aid** | could | the warriors | growths *= growth* |  |  |  | rode *obl* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **anguish** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | growths *= growth* *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **mount** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **ring** | past | T’ward *not said here* | growths's piteous cry |  | heaven |  | far *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cry=Theme |
| 7 | **cease** | past | cry |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 8 | **lie** | past | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Finola |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 10 | **ring** | past | all echoing rocks and caverns |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **sorrow** |  | growths *= growth* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **cry** |  | growths *= growth* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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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