Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 16
These divine nations, with their many successive generations and dynasties, constitute a single family; they are all inter-connected and spring from common sources, and where the literature permits us to see more clearly, the earlier races exhibit a common character.
Who acts: divine nations, literature, earlier races · What happens: constitute, connect, permit, see, exhibit · To what, where: single family, gods, us, common character
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 (divine nations, literature, earlier races), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 nations | det |
| 2 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nations | amod |
| 3 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 constitute | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 generations | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 generations | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 generations | nmod:poss |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 generations | amod |
| 8 | successive | successive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 generations | amod |
| 9 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nations | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dynasties | cc |
| 11 | dynasties | dynasty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 generations | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 constitute | punct |
| 13 | constitute | constitute | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 family | det |
| 15 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 family | amod |
| 16 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 constitute | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 connected | punct |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 connected | aux:pass |
| 20 | all | all | ADV | _ | 23 connected | advmod |
| 21 | inter | inter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 connected | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 inter | punct |
| 23 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 constitute | parataxis |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 spring | cc |
| 25 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 connected | conj |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 sources | case |
| 27 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 sources | amod |
| 28 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 spring | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 exhibit | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 exhibit | cc |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 34 permits | advmod |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 literature | det |
| 33 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 permits | nsubj |
| 34 | permits | permit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 exhibit | advcl |
| 35 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 permits | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 see | mark |
| 37 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 permits | advcl |
| 38 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 39 clearly | advmod |
| 39 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 37 see | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 exhibit | punct |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 races | det |
| 42 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 43 races | amod |
| 43 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 exhibit | nsubj |
| 44 | exhibit | exhibit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 constitute | conj |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 character | det |
| 46 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 character | amod |
| 47 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 exhibit | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 constitute | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | infinitive | this divine nations and gods's many successive generations and dynasties | a single family | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | connect | present · passive | gods = god | all property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | permit | present | the literature | us | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | the literature not said here | clearly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | exhibit | present | the earlier races | a common character | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=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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