Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 23
On the plain of Tara, beside the little stream Nemanna, itself famous as that which first turned a mill-wheel in Ireland, there lies a barrow, not itself very conspicuous in the midst of others, all named and illustrious in the ancient literature of the country.
What happens: turn, lie, name · To what, where: mill wheel, barrow, all, ancient literature
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: 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 plain | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 plain | det |
| 3 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 famous | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Tara | case |
| 5 | Tara | Tara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 plain | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stream | punct |
| 7 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 10 stream | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stream | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stream | amod |
| 10 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plain | conj |
| 11 | Nemanna | Nemanna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 stream | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 plain | punct |
| 13 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 famous | nsubj |
| 14 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 that | case |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 famous | obl |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 turned | nsubj |
| 18 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 turned | advmod |
| 19 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 famous | parataxis |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 wheel | det |
| 21 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 wheel | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 mill | punct |
| 23 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 turned | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 Ireland | case |
| 25 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 turned | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 lies | punct |
| 27 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 28 lies | expl |
| 28 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 famous | conj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 barrow | det |
| 30 | barrow | barrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 lies | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 conspicuous | punct |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 conspicuous | advmod |
| 33 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 conspicuous | nsubj |
| 34 | very | very | ADV | _ | 35 conspicuous | advmod |
| 35 | conspicuous | conspicuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 lies | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 midst | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 midst | det |
| 38 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 conspicuous | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 others | case |
| 40 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 midst | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 named | punct |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 named | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 lies | conj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 illustrious | cc |
| 45 | illustrious | illustrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 named | conj |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 literature | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 literature | det |
| 48 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 literature | amod |
| 49 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 named | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 country | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 country | det |
| 52 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 literature | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 famous | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | a mill wheel | in Ireland; which nsubj; first property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient in ireland=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie | present | a barrow | there | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location barrow=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | participle · passive | all | the ancient literature of the country | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: «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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