Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 133
The mere king or champion, grown into a topical hero, would need a greater tomb.
Who acts: mere king · What happens: grow, need · To what, where: mere king, topical hero, greater tomb
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 (mere 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 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 need | nsubj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 champion | cc |
| 5 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 king | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 grown | punct |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 king | acl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 hero | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hero | det |
| 10 | topical | topical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hero | amod |
| 11 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grown | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 king | punct |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 need | aux |
| 14 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 tomb | det |
| 16 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 17 tomb | amod |
| 17 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 need | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 need | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | the mere king or champion not said here | into a topical hero result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hero=Result | ||||
| 2 | need | would | the mere king or champion | a greater tomb | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tomb=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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