Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 30

We know his physical and spiritual characteristics, the device upon his shield, and how that was originated, carved, and painted, by whom.

Who acts: We · What happens: know, originate, carve, paint · To what, where: physical characteristics, that

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 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 characteristics	nmod:poss
4	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 characteristics	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spiritual	cc
6	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 physical	conj
7	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 know	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 device	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 device	det
10	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characteristics	appos
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 shield	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 shield	nmod:poss
13	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 device	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 originated	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 originated	cc
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 originated	advmod
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 originated	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 originated	aux:pass
19	originated	originate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 know	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 carved	punct
21	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 originated	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 painted	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 painted	cc
24	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 carved	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 whom	punct
26	by	by	ADP	_	27 whom	case
27	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 painted	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	We	student's physical characteristics		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer characteristic=Stimulus
2	originate	past · passive		that		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	carve	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	paint	participle			whom obl	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 30

The tree

Pragmatics

Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 30