Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 12
Unable to excide from the national narrative those mythological beings who filled so great a place in the imagination of the times, and unable, as Christians, to describe them in their true character as gods, or, as patriots, in the character which they believed them to possess, namely, demons, they rationalized the whole of the mythological period with names, dates, and ordered generations, putting men for gods, flesh and blood for that invisible might, till the page bristled with names and dates, thus formulating, as annals, what was really the theogony and mythology of their country.
Who acts: mythological beings, character, Christians, page, annals · What happens: excide, fill, describe, believe, possess, rationalize · To what, where: national narrative, great place, imagination, Christians, true character, whole
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 (mythological beings, character, Christians, page), 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 | Unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 excide | mark |
| 3 | excide | excide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Unable | xcomp |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 narrative | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 narrative | det |
| 6 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 narrative | amod |
| 7 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 excide | obl |
| 8 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 beings | det |
| 9 | mythological | mythological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 beings | amod |
| 10 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 narrative | nmod |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 filled | nsubj |
| 12 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 beings | acl:relcl |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 great | advmod |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 place | amod |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 place | det |
| 16 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 filled | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 imagination | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 imagination | det |
| 19 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 filled | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 times | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 times | det |
| 22 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 imagination | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 unable | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 unable | cc |
| 25 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Unable | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Christians | punct |
| 27 | as | as | ADP | _ | 28 Christians | case |
| 28 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 unable | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 describe | punct |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 describe | mark |
| 31 | describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 25 unable | parataxis |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 describe | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 character | case |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 character | nmod:poss |
| 35 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 character | amod |
| 36 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 describe | obl |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 38 gods | case |
| 38 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 describe | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 rationalized | punct |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 60 rationalized | cc |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 or | punct |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 patriots | case |
| 43 | patriots | patriot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 rationalized | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 character | punct |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 character | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 character | det |
| 47 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 patriots | appos |
| 48 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 believed | nsubj |
| 49 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 believed | nsubj |
| 50 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 character | acl:relcl |
| 51 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 believed | obj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 possess | mark |
| 53 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 believed | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 namely | punct |
| 55 | namely | namely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 possess | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 demons | punct |
| 57 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 patriots | conj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 patriots | punct |
| 59 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 rationalized | nsubj |
| 60 | rationalized | rationalize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Unable | conj |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 whole | det |
| 62 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 rationalized | obj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 period | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 period | det |
| 65 | mythological | mythological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 period | amod |
| 66 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 whole | obl |
| 67 | with | with | ADP | _ | 68 names | case |
| 68 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 period | nmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 dates | punct |
| 70 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 names | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 ordered | punct |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 ordered | cc |
| 73 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 rationalized | parataxis |
| 74 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 ordered | obj |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 putting | punct |
| 76 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 73 ordered | advcl |
| 77 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 76 putting | obj |
| 78 | for | for | ADP | _ | 79 gods | case |
| 79 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 76 putting | obl |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 flesh | punct |
| 81 | flesh | flesh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 gods | conj |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 blood | cc |
| 83 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 flesh | conj |
| 84 | for | for | ADP | _ | 86 invisible | case |
| 85 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 86 invisible | nsubj |
| 86 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 putting | advcl |
| 87 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 86 invisible | aux |
| 88 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 bristled | punct |
| 89 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 92 bristled | mark |
| 90 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 91 page | det |
| 91 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 bristled | nsubj |
| 92 | bristled | bristle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 ordered | conj |
| 93 | with | with | ADP | _ | 94 names | case |
| 94 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 92 bristled | obl |
| 95 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 96 dates | cc |
| 96 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 94 names | conj |
| 97 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 99 formulating | punct |
| 98 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 99 formulating | advmod |
| 99 | formulating | formulate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 92 bristled | advcl |
| 100 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 102 annals | punct |
| 101 | as | as | ADP | _ | 102 annals | case |
| 102 | annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 99 formulating | obj |
| 103 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 108 theogony | punct |
| 104 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 108 theogony | nsubj |
| 105 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 108 theogony | cop |
| 106 | really | really | ADV | _ | 108 theogony | advmod |
| 107 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 108 theogony | det |
| 108 | theogony | theogony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 102 annals | nmod |
| 109 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 110 mythology | cc |
| 110 | mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 108 theogony | conj |
| 111 | of | of | ADP | _ | 113 country | case |
| 112 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 113 country | nmod:poss |
| 113 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 mythology | nmod |
| 114 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Unable | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | excide | to-infinitive | the national narrative that mythological beings | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fill | past | that mythological beings | a great place | the imagination of the times | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent place=Patient | |||
| 3 | describe | to-infinitive | Christians = christian | Christians's true character | as gods | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as god=Attribute | |||
| 4 | believe | past | the character | Christians = christian | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | possess | to-infinitive | the character not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 6 | rationalize | past | Christians = christian | the whole of the mythological period with names and dates | as patriots and demons | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Theme | |||
| 7 | order | past | generations | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent generation=Theme | |||||
| 8 | put | gerund | men | for gods and flesh and blood | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Goal | ||||
| 9 | bristle | past | the page | with names and dates | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location with name=Theme | ||||
| 10 | formulate | gerund | the page not said here | annals | thus property | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent annal=Product | |||
| 11 | is a | past | annals | the theogony and mythology of dates's country | mythology of dates's country conj | tree rules | |||
| 13 | imagine | the times | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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