The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 52

Books are recorded as having been in the hands of the Druids before St. Patrick’s time, or soon after, such as the ‘Cuilmenn,’ the ‘Sailtair of Tara,’ attributed to the third century, the ‘Book of St. Mochta,’ one of St. Patrick’s early disciples, the ‘Book of Cuana,’ &c. There is consequently nothing to surprise us in the circumstance that the ‘Tain bo Cuailgné’ belongs to a period so early.

Who acts: Cuilmenn, nothing, Tain · What happens: record, have, be, attribute, surprise, belong · To what, where: Books, Sailtair, us, circumstance

This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cuilmenn, nothing, Tain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recorded	aux:pass
3	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	9 hands	case
5	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 hands	amod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 hands	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hands	det
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recorded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Druids	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Druids	det
12	Druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hands	nmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	17 time	case
14	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Patrick	nmod:desc
15	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 time	nmod:poss
16	’s	's	PART	_	15 Patrick	case
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recorded	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 is	punct
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	69 is	cc
20	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	69 is	advmod
21	after	after	ADP	_	20 soon	fixed
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Cuilmenn	punct
23	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	27 Cuilmenn	case
24	as	as	ADP	_	23 such	fixed
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Cuilmenn	det
26	‘	'	PUNCT	_	27 Cuilmenn	punct
27	Cuilmenn	Cuilmenn	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 is	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 attributed	punct
29	’	'	CCONJ	_	37 attributed	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Sailtair	det
31	‘	'	PUNCT	_	32 Sailtair	punct
32	Sailtair	Sailtair	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 attributed	nsubj:pass
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 Tara	case
34	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Sailtair	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 attributed	punct
36	’	'	CCONJ	_	37 attributed	cc
37	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 Cuilmenn	acl
38	to	to	ADP	_	41 century	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 century	det
40	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	41 century	amod
41	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 attributed	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Book	punct
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Book	det
44	‘	'	PUNCT	_	45 Book	punct
45	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Cuilmenn	appos
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 Mochta	case
47	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 Mochta	nmod:desc
48	Mochta	Mochta	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 Book	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 one	punct
50	’	'	CCONJ	_	51 one	cc
51	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 Book	appos
52	of	of	ADP	_	57 disciples	case
53	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 Patrick	nmod:desc
54	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 disciples	nmod:poss
55	’s	's	PART	_	54 Patrick	case
56	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 disciples	amod
57	disciples	disciple	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 one	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 Book	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Book	det
60	‘	'	PUNCT	_	61 Book	punct
61	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 disciples	nmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 Cuana	case
63	Cuana	Cuana	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 Book	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Book	punct
65	’	'	PUNCT	_	45 Book	punct
66	&	&	CCONJ	_	67 c.	cc
67	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 Cuilmenn	conj
68	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	69 is	expl
69	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recorded	parataxis
70	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	71 nothing	advmod
71	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	69 is	nsubj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 surprise	mark
73	surprise	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 nothing	acl
74	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 surprise	obj
75	in	in	ADP	_	77 circumstance	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 circumstance	det
77	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 surprise	obl
78	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 belongs	mark
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 Tain	det
80	‘	'	PUNCT	_	81 Tain	punct
81	Tain	Tain	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 belongs	nsubj
82	bo	bo	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Tain	flat
83	Cuailgné	Cuailgné	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Tain	flat
84	’	'	PUNCT	_	81 Tain	punct
85	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 circumstance	advcl
86	to	to	ADP	_	88 period	case
87	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	88 period	det
88	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 belongs	obl
89	so	so	ADV	_	90 early	advmod
90	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	85 belongs	advmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 recorded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		Books		time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	have	gerund						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	participle					as the having hands; of the Druids	tree rules
4	attribute	participle · passive	the Cuilmenn & c. not said here	the Sailtair of Tara		century		tree rules
5	be	present	nothing		there		such the Cuilmenn & c.; soon property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	surprise	to-infinitive	nothing not said here	us	the circumstance			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer
7	belong	present	the Tain				to a period; early property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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.

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 52