Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 34
There is not a king of Ireland, described as such in the ancient annals, whose barrow is not mentioned in these or other compositions, and every one of which may at the present day be identified where the ignorant plebeian or the ignorant patrician has not destroyed them.
Who acts: king · What happens: not be, describe, not mention, identify, not destroy · To what, where: king, ancient annals, barrow, other compositions, ignorant patrician
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 (king), 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 | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Ireland | case |
| 7 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 described | punct |
| 9 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 king | acl |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 such | case |
| 11 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 described | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 annals | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 annals | det |
| 14 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 annals | amod |
| 15 | annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 described | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 mentioned | punct |
| 17 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 18 barrow | nmod:poss |
| 18 | barrow | barrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 mentioned | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 mentioned | advmod |
| 21 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 annals | acl:relcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 compositions | case |
| 23 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 26 compositions | nsubj |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 compositions | cc |
| 25 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 compositions | amod |
| 26 | compositions | composition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 mentioned | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 one | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 one | cc |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 one | det |
| 30 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | parataxis |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 identified | obl |
| 33 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 identified | aux |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 day | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 day | det |
| 36 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 day | amod |
| 37 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 identified | obl |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 identified | aux:pass |
| 39 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 one | acl:relcl |
| 40 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 43 plebeian | advmod |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 plebeian | det |
| 42 | ignorant | ignorant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 plebeian | amod |
| 43 | plebeian | plebeian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 identified | xcomp |
| 44 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 50 destroyed | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 patrician | det |
| 46 | ignorant | ignorant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 patrician | amod |
| 47 | patrician | patrician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 destroyed | aux |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 destroyed | advmod |
| 50 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 plebeian | conj |
| 51 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 destroyed | obj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not be | present | a king of Ireland | there | every one parataxis | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | describe | participle | a king of Ireland not said here | the ancient annals | as such | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as such=Attribute | |||
| 3 | not mention speech: other | present · passive | barrow | other compositions these | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 4 | identify | may · passive | day | of every one; plebeian property | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V» | ||||
| 5 | not destroy | present · perfect · passive | the ignorant patrician | barrow obj | tree rules |
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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