Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 19
There is not a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland, the traditional history of which is not recorded in our ancient literature, and of the heroes in whose honour they were raised.
Who acts: conspicuous sepulchral monument · What happens: not be, not record, raise · To what, where: ancient literature, monuments, honour
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 (conspicuous sepulchral monument), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 is | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 monument | det |
| 5 | conspicuous | conspicuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 monument | amod |
| 6 | sepulchral | sepulchral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 monument | amod |
| 7 | monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Ireland | case |
| 9 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 monument | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 history | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 history | det |
| 12 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 history | amod |
| 13 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 monument | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 recorded | obl |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 recorded | aux:pass |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 recorded | advmod |
| 18 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 history | acl:relcl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 literature | case |
| 20 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 literature | nmod:poss |
| 21 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 literature | amod |
| 22 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 recorded | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 raised | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 raised | cc |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 heroes | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 heroes | det |
| 27 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 raised | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 honour | case |
| 29 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 30 honour | nmod:poss |
| 30 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 raised | obl |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 raised | aux:pass |
| 33 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 is | parataxis |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not does | present | a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland and the traditional history | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not record | present · passive | our ancient literature | of the traditional history | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in literature=Destination | ||||
| 3 | raise | past · passive | monuments = monument | honour | of the heroes | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme of hero=Destination in honour=Initial_Location |
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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