Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 112
The chief king indeed presided at Tara, and enjoyed the reputation and emoluments flowing to him on that account, but, upon the whole, no Irish king exercised more than a local sovereignty; they were all reguli, petty kings, and their direct authority was small.
Who acts: chief king, reputation, Irish king, king, direct authority · What happens: preside, enjoy, flow, exercise, be · To what, where: Tara, reputation, account, more, reguli
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief king, reputation, Irish king, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 2 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 presided | nsubj |
| 4 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 5 presided | advmod |
| 5 | presided | preside | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Tara | case |
| 7 | Tara | Tara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 presided | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 enjoyed | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 enjoyed | cc |
| 10 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 presided | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 reputation | det |
| 12 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 enjoyed | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 emoluments | cc |
| 14 | emoluments | emolument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 reputation | conj |
| 15 | flowing | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 reputation | acl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 flowing | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 account | case |
| 19 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 account | det |
| 20 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flowing | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 whole | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 whole | cc |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 whole | punct |
| 24 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 26 whole | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 whole | det |
| 26 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 enjoyed | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 exercised | punct |
| 28 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 king | det |
| 29 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 king | amod |
| 30 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 exercised | nsubj |
| 31 | exercised | exercise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 whole | conj |
| 32 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 exercised | obj |
| 33 | than | than | ADP | _ | 36 sovereignty | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 sovereignty | det |
| 35 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 sovereignty | amod |
| 36 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 more | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 reguli | punct |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 reguli | nsubj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 reguli | cop |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 reguli | det |
| 41 | reguli | reguli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 presided | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 kings | punct |
| 43 | petty | petty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 kings | compound |
| 44 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 reguli | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 small | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 small | cc |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 authority | nmod:poss |
| 48 | direct | direct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 authority | amod |
| 49 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 small | nsubj |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 small | cop |
| 51 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 presided | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 presided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preside | participle | the chief king | Tara | indeed property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | enjoy | past | the chief king not said here | the reputation and emoluments | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reputation=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | flow | gerund | the reputation and emoluments not said here | Tara | that account | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on account=Location | |||
| 4 | exercise | past | no Irish king | more than a local sovereignty | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | king | all reguli and petty kings | petty kings conj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | is | past | king's direct authority | small property | 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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