Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 27

We know the name of his nurse, and of his children, and of his wife, and the character of his wife, and of the father and mother of his wife, and where they lived and were buried.

Who acts: We, names · What happens: know, live, bury, name · To what, where: name, nurse

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, names), 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 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 know	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nurse	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nurse	nmod:poss
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 children	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 children	cc
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 children	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 children	nmod:poss
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 know	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wife	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wife	cc
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 wife	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 wife	nmod:poss
17	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 know	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wife	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 character	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 character	det
21	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wife	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 wife	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 wife	nmod:poss
24	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 character	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 father	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 father	cc
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 father	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 father	det
29	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wife	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 mother	cc
31	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 father	conj
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 wife	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 wife	nmod:poss
34	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 mother	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 lived	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 lived	cc
37	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	39 lived	advmod
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 lived	nsubj
39	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 father	parataxis
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 buried	cc
41	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 buried	aux:pass
42	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 lived	conj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	We	the name of student's nurse	of student's children; student's wife and the character of student's wife and the father and mother of student's wife parataxis	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	live	past	names = name			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bury	past · passive	names = name not said here			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»
4	name			student's nurse		nom name «communication 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 27