Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 39
In the sepulchral monuments their names were preserved, and in the performance of sacred rites, and the holding of games, fairs, and assemblies in their honour, the memory of their achievements kept fresh, till the traditions that clung around these places were inshrined in tales which were finally incorporated in the Leabhar na Huidhre and the Book of Leinster.
Who acts: memory, traditions, monuments, names · What happens: preserve, hold, keep, cling, inshrin, incorporate · To what, where: names, sepulchral monuments, places, traditions, tales, Leabhar
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 (memory, traditions, monuments, 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 monuments | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 monuments | det |
| 3 | sepulchral | sepulchral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 monuments | amod |
| 4 | monuments | monument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 preserved | obl |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 names | nmod:poss |
| 6 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 preserved | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 preserved | aux:pass |
| 8 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 performance | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 performance | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 performance | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 performance | det |
| 13 | performance | performance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 preserved | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 rites | case |
| 15 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 rites | amod |
| 16 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 performance | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 games | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 games | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 games | det |
| 20 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 games | compound |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 holding | obl |
| 22 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 preserved | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fairs | punct |
| 24 | fairs | fair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 games | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 assemblies | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 assemblies | cc |
| 27 | assemblies | assembly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 games | conj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 honour | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 honour | nmod:poss |
| 30 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 assemblies | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 memory | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 memory | det |
| 33 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 honour | appos |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 achievements | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 achievements | nmod:poss |
| 36 | achievements | achievement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 kept | obl |
| 37 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 memory | acl:relcl |
| 38 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 kept | xcomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 traditions | punct |
| 40 | till | till | ADP | _ | 42 traditions | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 traditions | det |
| 42 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 inshrined | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 clung | nsubj |
| 44 | clung | cling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 traditions | acl:relcl |
| 45 | around | around | ADP | _ | 47 places | case |
| 46 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 47 places | det |
| 47 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 clung | obl |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 inshrined | aux:pass |
| 49 | inshrined | inshrin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 kept | parataxis |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 tales | case |
| 51 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 inshrined | obl |
| 52 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 incorporated | obj |
| 53 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 incorporated | aux:pass |
| 54 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 55 incorporated | advmod |
| 55 | incorporated | incorporate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 tales | acl:relcl |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 Leabhar | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Leabhar | det |
| 58 | Leabhar | Leabhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 incorporated | obl |
| 59 | na | na | ADV | Typo=Yes | 55 incorporated | obj |
| 60 | Huidhre | Huidhre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 na | goeswith |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 Book | cc |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Book | det |
| 63 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 na | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Leinster | case |
| 65 | Leinster | Leinster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 Book | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 preserved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve | past · passive | monuments's names | the sepulchral monuments | in the performance of sacred rites; the holding games and fairs and assemblies in names's honour obl | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | hold | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | keep | past | the memory not said here | of names's achievements; fresh property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | cling | past | the traditions | this places | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around place=Location | ||||
| 5 | inshrin | past · passive | the traditions | tales | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | incorporate | past · passive | tales | the Leabhar | finally property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | name | monuments = monument | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | perform | sacred rites | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | honour | names = name | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | achieve | names = name | nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=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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