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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 16

From this department of European antiquities the historian retires baffled, and the dry savant is alone master of the field, but a field which, as cultivated by him alone, remains barren or fertile only in things the reverse of exhilarating.

Who acts: historian, dry savant, reverse · What happens: retire, baffle, be, cultivate, remain, exhilarate · To what, where: European antiquities, alone master, field, barren things, department

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 (historian, dry savant, reverse), 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

casedetoblcaseamodnmoddetnsubjacl:relclxcomppunctccdetamodnsubjcopamodconjcasedetnmodpunctccdetconjnsubj:passpunctmarkacl:relclcaseobladvmodpunctamodccconjadvmodcaseobjdetapposmarkaclpunctrootFromADPthisDETdepartmentNOUNofADPEuropeanADJantiquitiesNOUNtheDEThistorianNOUNretiresVERBbaffledVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETdryADJsavantNOUNisAUXaloneADJmasterNOUNofADPtheDETfieldNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJaDETfieldNOUNwhichPRON,PUNCTasSCONJcultivatedVERBbyADPhimPRONaloneADV,PUNCTremainsVERBbarrenADJorCCONJfertileADJonlyADVinADPthingsNOUNtheDETreverseNOUNofSCONJexhilaratingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FromfromADP_3 departmentcase
2thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 departmentdet
3departmentdepartmentNOUNNumber=Sing34 remainsobl
4ofofADP_6 antiquitiescase
5EuropeanEuropeanADJDegree=Pos6 antiquitiesamod
6antiquitiesantiquityNOUNNumber=Plur3 departmentnmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 historiandet
8historianhistorianNOUNNumber=Sing9 retiresnsubj
9retiresretireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 antiquitiesacl:relcl
10baffledbaffleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 retiresxcomp
11,,PUNCT_18 masterpunct
12andandCCONJ_18 mastercc
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 savantdet
14drydryADJDegree=Pos15 savantamod
15savantsavantNOUNNumber=Sing18 masternsubj
16isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 mastercop
17alonealoneADJDegree=Pos18 masteramod
18mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing3 departmentconj
19ofofADP_21 fieldcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 fielddet
21fieldfieldNOUNNumber=Sing18 masternmod
22,,PUNCT_25 fieldpunct
23butbutCCONJ_25 fieldcc
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 fielddet
25fieldfieldNOUNNumber=Sing3 departmentconj
26whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 cultivatednsubj:pass
27,,PUNCT_29 cultivatedpunct
28asasSCONJ_29 cultivatedmark
29cultivatedcultivateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 fieldacl:relcl
30bybyADP_31 himcase
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 cultivatedobl
32alonealoneADV_29 cultivatedadvmod
33,,PUNCT_3 departmentpunct
34remainsremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
35barrenbarrenADJDegree=Pos40 thingsamod
36ororCCONJ_37 fertilecc
37fertilefertileADJDegree=Pos35 barrenconj
38onlyonlyADV_40 thingsadvmod
39ininADP_40 thingscase
40thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur34 remainsobj
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 reversedet
42reversereverseNOUNNumber=Sing40 thingsappos
43ofofSCONJ_44 exhilaratingmark
44exhilaratingexhilarateVERBVerbForm=Ger42 reverseacl
45..PUNCT_34 remainspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1retirepresentthe historianEuropean antiquities not said heretree rules
2baffleparticiplethe historian not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3is apresentthe dry savantalone masterof the fieldtree rules
4cultivateparticiple · passivehistoriana fieldalone propertyvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
5remainpresentbarren thingsthis department of European antiquities and alone master but a fieldvn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Attribute
6exhilarategerundthe reverse not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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