Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 113
This being the case, it would appear to me that in the more ancient times the death of a king would not be an event which would disturb a very extensive district, and that, though his tomb might be considerable, it would not be gigantic.
Who acts: This, it, death, event, tomb, king · What happens: be, appear, not be, disturb, die · To what, where: case, me, event, extensive district
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 (This, it, death, event), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 case | nsubj |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 case | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 case | det |
| 4 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 appear | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 appear | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 appear | aux |
| 8 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 case | appos |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 me | case |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 appear | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 times | mark |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 times | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 times | det |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 15 ancient | advmod |
| 15 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 times | amod |
| 16 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 appear | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 death | det |
| 18 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 event | nsubj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 king | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 king | det |
| 21 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 death | nmod |
| 22 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 event | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 event | advmod |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 event | cop |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 event | det |
| 26 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 times | parataxis |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 disturb | nsubj |
| 28 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 disturb | aux |
| 29 | disturb | disturb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 event | parataxis |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 district | det |
| 31 | very | very | ADV | _ | 32 extensive | advmod |
| 32 | extensive | extensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 district | amod |
| 33 | district | district | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 disturb | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 disturb | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 that | cc |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 event | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 considerable | punct |
| 38 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 43 considerable | mark |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 tomb | nmod:poss |
| 40 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 considerable | nsubj |
| 41 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 considerable | aux |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 considerable | cop |
| 43 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 appear | parataxis |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 gigantic | punct |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 gigantic | nsubj |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 gigantic | aux |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 gigantic | advmod |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 gigantic | cop |
| 49 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 considerable | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 case | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | This | the case | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | appear | would | it | me | time | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | not is a | would | the death of a king | a event | that conj | tree rules | |||
| 4 | disturb | would | a event | a extensive district | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus district=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | is | might | case's tomb | considerable property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not is | would | death | gigantic property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | die | a king | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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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