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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 122

Even Brian of the Tributes himself, could not have commanded such a sepulture, or anything like it, living though he did, probably, two thousand years later than that Eocaidh Mac Elathan, whenever he did live.

Who acts: Brian, tomb · What happens: not command, live, do · To what, where: sepulture · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Brian, tomb), 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

advmodnsubjcasedetconjnmod:unmarkedpunctauxadvmodauxdet:predetdetobjpunctccoblcasenmodpunctadvclmarknsubjadvclpunctadvmodpunctcompoundnummodobl:unmarkedadvmodcasedetcompoundcompoundoblpunctadvmodnsubjauxparataxispunctrootEvenADVBrianPROPNofADPtheDETTributesPROPNhimselfPRON,PUNCTcouldAUXnotPARThaveAUXcommandedVERBsuchDETaDETsepultureNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJanythingPRONlikeADPitPRON,PUNCTlivingVERBthoughSCONJhePRONdidVERB,PUNCTprobablyADV,PUNCTtwoNUMthousandNUMyearsNOUNlaterADVthanADPthatDETEocaidhPROPNMacPROPNElathanPROPN,PUNCTwheneverADVhePRONdidAUXliveVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EvenevenADV_2 Brianadvmod
2BrianBrianPROPNNumber=Sing11 commandednsubj
3ofofADP_5 Tributescase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Tributesdet
5TributesTributePROPNNumber=Plur2 Brianconj
6himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes5 Tributesnmod:unmarked
7,,PUNCT_11 commandedpunct
8couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 commandedaux
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 commandedadvmod
10havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf11 commandedaux
11commandedcommandVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
12suchsuchDETPronType=Ind14 sepulturedet:predet
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 sepulturedet
14sepulturesepultureNOUNNumber=Sing11 commandedobj
15,,PUNCT_17 anythingpunct
16ororCCONJ_17 anythingcc
17anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind11 commandedobl
18likelikeADP_19 itcase
19ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 anythingnmod
20,,PUNCT_21 livingpunct
21livingliveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 commandedadvcl
22thoughthoughSCONJ_24 didmark
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 didnsubj
24diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 livingadvcl
25,,PUNCT_41 livepunct
26probablyprobablyADV_41 liveadvmod
27,,PUNCT_31 laterpunct
28twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card29 thousandcompound
29thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card30 yearsnummod
30yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur31 laterobl:unmarked
31laterlateADVDegree=Cmp41 liveadvmod
32thanthanADP_36 Elathancase
33thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 Elathandet
34EocaidhEocaidhPROPNNumber=Sing35 Maccompound
35MacMacPROPNNumber=Sing36 Elathancompound
36ElathanElathanPROPNNumber=Sing41 liveobl
37,,PUNCT_41 livepunct
38wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel41 liveadvmod
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 livensubj
40diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 liveaux
41liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf11 commandedparataxis
42..PUNCT_11 commandedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not commandcould · perfectBrian and the Tributes tombsuch sepultureanything like sepulture oblvn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent sepulture=Eventuality
2livegerundBrian and the Tributes tomb not said herevn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3dopasttombvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4livepast · do-supporttombthan that Mac Elathan; late, probably, whenever propertyvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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