Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 14

We see the cromlech with its massive slab and immense supporting pillars, but we vainly endeavour to imagine for whom it was first erected, and how that greater than cyclopean house affected the minds of those who made it, or those who were reared in its neighbourhood or within reach of its influence.

Who acts: We · What happens: see, endeavour, imagine, erect, affect, make · To what, where: cromlech, religion, minds, those, neighbourhood

This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., 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 (We), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cromlech	det
4	cromlech	cromlech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 slab	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 slab	nmod:poss
7	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slab	amod
8	slab	slab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pillars	cc
10	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pillars	amod
11	supporting	supporting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pillars	compound
12	pillars	pillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 slab	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 endeavour	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 endeavour	cc
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 endeavour	nsubj
16	vainly	vainly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 endeavour	amod
17	endeavour	endeavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 imagine	mark
19	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 endeavour	acl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 whom	case
21	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 imagine	obl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 erected	nsubj:pass
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 erected	aux:pass
24	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	25 erected	advmod
25	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 whom	acl:relcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 greater	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 greater	cc
28	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	30 greater	advmod
29	that	that	ADV	_	30 greater	advmod
30	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 affected	amod
31	than	than	ADP	_	33 house	case
32	cyclopean	cyclopean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 house	amod
33	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 affected	obl
34	affected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 see	conj
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 minds	det
36	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 affected	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 those	case
38	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	36 minds	nmod
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 made	nsubj
40	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 those	acl:relcl
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 made	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 reared	punct
43	or	or	CCONJ	_	47 reared	cc
44	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	47 reared	nsubj:pass
45	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 reared	nsubj
46	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 reared	aux:pass
47	reared	rear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 affected	conj
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 neighbourhood	case
49	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 neighbourhood	nmod:poss
50	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 reared	obl
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 reach	cc
52	within	within	ADP	_	53 reach	case
53	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 neighbourhood	conj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 influence	case
55	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 influence	nmod:poss
56	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 reach	nmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	We	the cromlech		with religion's massive slab and immense supporting pillars	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cromlech=Stimulus
2	endeavour		we				tree rules
3	imagine	to-infinitive	We not said here			for vainly endeavour	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	erect	past · passive		religion		first property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
5	affect	past	We not said here	the minds of those		than cyclopean house	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mind=Experiencer
6	make	past		religion		who nsubj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
7	rear	past · passive		those	religion's neighbourhood or reach of religion's influence	who nsubj	vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
8	mind			those			nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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: «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Project Gutenberg book 8109 (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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 14