Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 62

I think that no one who reads the first two volumes of this history would greatly care to bear a hand in the destruction of that tomb at Tara, in which long since his people laid the bones of Cuculain; and I think, too, that they would not like to destroy any other monument of the same age, when they know that the history of its occupant and its own name are preserved in the ancient literature, and that they may one day learn all that is to be known concerning it.

Who acts: I, one, people, history · What happens: think, read, care, bear, lay, not like · To what, where: first two volumes, hand, destruction, bones, other monument, history · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (I, one, people, history), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 care	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 care	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 reads	nsubj
7	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 volumes	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 volumes	amod
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 volumes	nummod
11	volumes	volume	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reads	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 history	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 history	det
14	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 volumes	nmod
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 care	aux
16	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	17 care	advmod
17	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 think	ccomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 bear	mark
19	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 care	xcomp
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 hand	det
21	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bear	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 destruction	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 destruction	det
24	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bear	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 tomb	case
26	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 tomb	det
27	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 destruction	nmod
28	at	at	ADP	_	29 Tara	case
29	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 tomb	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 long	punct
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 which	case
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 long	obl
33	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 bear	advmod
34	since	since	SCONJ	_	37 laid	mark
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 people	nmod:poss
36	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 laid	nsubj
37	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 long	advcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 bones	det
39	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 laid	obj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 Cuculain	case
41	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 bones	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 think	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 think	cc
44	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 think	nsubj
45	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 think	parataxis
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 too	punct
47	too	too	ADV	_	45 think	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 like	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 like	mark
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 like	nsubj
51	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 like	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 like	advmod
53	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 think	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 destroy	mark
55	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 like	xcomp
56	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	58 monument	det
57	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 monument	amod
58	monument	monument	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 destroy	obj
59	of	of	ADP	_	62 age	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 age	det
61	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 age	amod
62	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 monument	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 know	punct
64	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	66 know	advmod
65	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 know	nsubj
66	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 think	parataxis
67	that	that	SCONJ	_	78 preserved	mark
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 history	det
69	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 preserved	nsubj:pass
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 occupant	case
71	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 occupant	nmod:poss
72	occupant	occupant	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 history	nmod
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 name	cc
74	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 name	nmod:poss
75	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 name	amod
76	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 occupant	conj
77	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	78 preserved	aux:pass
78	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 know	ccomp
79	in	in	ADP	_	82 literature	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 literature	det
81	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 literature	amod
82	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 preserved	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 learn	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 learn	cc
85	that	that	SCONJ	_	90 learn	mark
86	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 learn	nsubj
87	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	90 learn	aux
88	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	89 day	nummod
89	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 learn	obl:unmarked
90	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 know	conj
91	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	96 known	det:predet
92	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	96 known	nsubj:pass
93	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	96 known	aux:pass
94	to	to	PART	_	96 known	mark
95	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	96 known	aux:pass
96	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 learn	conj
97	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	96 known	xcomp
98	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	97 concerning	obj
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 think	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	I					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	read	present	no one	the first two volumes of this history				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volume=Topic
3	care	would	no one				greatly property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	bear	to-infinitive	no one not said here	a hand	the destruction of that tomb at Tara		long property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
5	lay	past	Tara's people	the bones of Cuculain				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Result
6	think speech: other	present	I					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	not like	would	people					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8	destroy not said to happen	to-infinitive	people not said here	any other monument of the same age				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monument=Patient
9	know	present	people					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	preserve	present · passive		the history of history's occupant and history's own name	the ancient literature			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
11	learn	may	people			day		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	know	present · passive		that				tree rules
13	concern	gerund		history				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
14	destroy			that tomb at Tara				nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient
15	name		history					nom name «communication 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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 62