Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 156
As a hero was exalted into a god, so in turn a god sank into a hero, or rather into the race of the giants.
Who acts: you, god, giants · What happens: exalt, turn, sink, race · To what, where: hero, race
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 (you, god, giants), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 5 exalted | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hero | det |
| 3 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exalted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 exalted | aux:pass |
| 5 | exalted | exalt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 turn | advcl |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 god | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 god | det |
| 8 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exalted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 turn | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 turn | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 turn | case |
| 12 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 god | det |
| 14 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sank | nsubj |
| 15 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 turn | ccomp |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 hero | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 hero | det |
| 18 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sank | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 race | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 race | cc |
| 21 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 24 race | advmod |
| 22 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 race | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 race | det |
| 24 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turn | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 giants | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 giants | det |
| 27 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 race | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 turn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exalt | past · passive | a hero | into a god | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn | imperative | you not said here | the race of the giants | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sink | past | a god | a hero | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | race | the giants | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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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