Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 134
Ere long again, owing to the bardic fraternity, who, though coming from Innishowen or Cape Clear, formed a single community, the topical hero would, in some cases, where his character was such as would excite deeper reverence and greater fame, grow into a national hero, and a still nobler tomb be required, in order that the visible memorial might prove commensurate with the imaginative conception.
Who acts: bardic fraternity, character, visible memorial · What happens: owe, come, form, be, excite, grow · To what, where: bardic fraternity, Innishowen, single community, deeper reverence, national hero, nobler 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 (bardic fraternity, character, visible memorial), 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 | Ere | ere | ADV | _ | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 again | advmod |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 owing | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 again | punct |
| 5 | owing | owe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 formed | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 fraternity | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fraternity | det |
| 8 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fraternity | amod |
| 9 | fraternity | fraternity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 owing | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 coming | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 coming | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 coming | punct |
| 13 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 14 coming | mark |
| 14 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 fraternity | acl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 Innishowen | case |
| 16 | Innishowen | Innishowen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 coming | obl |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 Cape | cc |
| 18 | Cape | Cape | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Innishowen | conj |
| 19 | Clear | Clear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Innishowen | flat |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 owing | punct |
| 21 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 community | det |
| 23 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 community | amod |
| 24 | community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 formed | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 would | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 hero | det |
| 27 | topical | topical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 hero | amod |
| 28 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 would | nsubj |
| 29 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 formed | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 cases | punct |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 cases | case |
| 32 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 33 cases | det |
| 33 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 formed | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 excite | punct |
| 35 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 such | advmod |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 character | nmod:poss |
| 37 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 such | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 such | cop |
| 39 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 42 excite | mark |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 such | fixed |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 excite | aux |
| 42 | excite | excite | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 33 cases | parataxis |
| 43 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 44 reverence | amod |
| 44 | reverence | reverence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 excite | obj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 fame | cc |
| 46 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 fame | amod |
| 47 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 reverence | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 grow | punct |
| 49 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 excite | conj |
| 50 | into | into | ADP | _ | 53 hero | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 hero | det |
| 52 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 hero | amod |
| 53 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 grow | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 required | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 required | cc |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 tomb | det |
| 57 | still | still | ADV | _ | 58 nobler | advmod |
| 58 | nobler | noble | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 59 tomb | amod |
| 59 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 required | nsubj:pass |
| 60 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 61 required | aux:pass |
| 61 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 formed | parataxis |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 order | punct |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 order | case |
| 64 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 required | obl |
| 65 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 70 prove | mark |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 memorial | det |
| 67 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 memorial | amod |
| 68 | memorial | memorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 prove | nsubj |
| 69 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 70 prove | aux |
| 70 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 order | acl |
| 71 | commensurate | commensurate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 prove | obj |
| 72 | with | with | ADP | _ | 75 conception | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 conception | det |
| 74 | imaginative | imaginative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 conception | amod |
| 75 | conception | conception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 prove | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 formed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | gerund | again | to the bardic fraternity goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to fraternity=Goal | ||||
| 2 | come | gerund | the bardic fraternity | Innishowen or Cape | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from innishowen=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | form | past | a single community | some cases parataxis | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location community=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | case's character | such property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | excite | would | deeper reverence and greater fame | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reverence=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | grow | present | into a national hero result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hero=Result | |||||
| 7 | require | infinitive · passive | a nobler tomb | order | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | ||||
| 8 | prove | might | the visible memorial | commensurate | with the imaginative conception | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commensurate=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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