Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 15
As history, the pre-Milesian record contains but a limited supply of objective truths; but as theogony, and the history of the Irish gods, these much abused chronicles are as true as the roll of the kings of England.
Who acts: pre-Milesian record, abused chronicles · What happens: contain, abuse, be, roll · To what, where: kings
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 (pre-Milesian record, abused chronicles), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 2 history | case |
| 2 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contains | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 history | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 record | det |
| 5 | pre-Milesian | pre-milesian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 record | amod |
| 6 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contains | nsubj |
| 7 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 supply | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 supply | det |
| 10 | limited | limited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 supply | amod |
| 11 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contains | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 truths | case |
| 13 | objective | objective | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 truths | amod |
| 14 | truths | truth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 supply | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 true | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 true | cc |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 theogony | case |
| 18 | theogony | theogony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 true | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 history | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 history | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 history | det |
| 22 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 theogony | appos |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 gods | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 gods | det |
| 25 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 gods | amod |
| 26 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 history | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 theogony | punct |
| 28 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 31 chronicles | det |
| 29 | much | much | ADV | _ | 30 abused | advmod |
| 30 | abused | abuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 chronicles | amod |
| 31 | chronicles | chronicle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 true | nsubj |
| 32 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 true | cop |
| 33 | as | as | ADV | _ | 34 true | advmod |
| 34 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 contains | conj |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 37 roll | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 roll | det |
| 37 | roll | roll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 true | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 kings | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 kings | det |
| 40 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 roll | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 England | case |
| 42 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 kings | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 contains | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | the pre-Milesian record | as history; a limited supply of objective truths conj | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | abuse | participle | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | this abused chronicles | as theogony; as the roll of the kings of England; true property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | roll | the kings of England | nom roll «event 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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