Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 162
Again, when the mediaeval Christians ceased to regard the Tuatha De Danan as devils, and proceeded to rationalise the divine record as the ethnic bards had rationalised the history of the early gods; the Tuatha De Danan, shorn of immortality, became ancient heroes who had lived their day and died, and the greater raths, no longer the houses of the gods, figure in that literature irrationally rational, as their tombs.
Who acts: mediaeval Christians, ancient heroes · What happens: cease, regard, proceed, rationalise, rationalis, become · To what, where: Tuatha Danan, divine record, ethnic bards, ancient heroes
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 (mediaeval Christians, ancient heroes), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 7 ceased | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Again | punct |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 ceased | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Christians | det |
| 5 | mediaeval | mediaeval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Christians | compound |
| 6 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 ceased | nsubj |
| 7 | ceased | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 regard | mark |
| 9 | regard | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ceased | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Danan | det |
| 11 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Danan | compound |
| 12 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Tuatha | flat |
| 13 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 regard | obj |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 devils | case |
| 15 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 regard | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 proceeded | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 proceeded | cc |
| 18 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ceased | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 rationalise | mark |
| 20 | rationalise | rationalise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 proceeded | xcomp |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 record | det |
| 22 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 record | amod |
| 23 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 rationalise | obj |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 rationalised | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 bards | det |
| 26 | ethnic | ethnic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 bards | amod |
| 27 | bards | bard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 rationalised | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 rationalised | aux |
| 29 | rationalised | rationalis | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 rationalise | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 history | det |
| 31 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 rationalised | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 gods | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 gods | det |
| 34 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 gods | amod |
| 35 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 history | nmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 Danan | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Danan | det |
| 38 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Danan | compound |
| 39 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Tuatha | flat |
| 40 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ceased | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 shorn | punct |
| 42 | shorn | shorn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Danan | amod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 immortality | case |
| 44 | immortality | immortality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shorn | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 became | punct |
| 46 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ceased | conj |
| 47 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 heroes | amod |
| 48 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 became | xcomp |
| 49 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 lived | nsubj |
| 50 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 lived | aux |
| 51 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 48 heroes | acl:relcl |
| 52 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 day | nmod:poss |
| 53 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 lived | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 died | cc |
| 55 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 lived | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 rational | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 rational | cc |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 raths | det |
| 59 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 60 raths | amod |
| 60 | raths | rath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 75 rational | nsubj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 houses | punct |
| 62 | no | no | ADV | _ | 63 longer | advmod |
| 63 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 65 houses | advmod |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 houses | det |
| 65 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 raths | conj |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 gods | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 gods | det |
| 68 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 houses | nmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 figure | punct |
| 70 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 rational | nsubj |
| 71 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 literature | case |
| 72 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 73 literature | det |
| 73 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 figure | nmod |
| 74 | irrationally | irrationally | ADV | _ | 75 rational | advmod |
| 75 | rational | rational | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ceased | conj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 tombs | punct |
| 77 | as | as | ADP | _ | 79 tombs | case |
| 78 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 tombs | nmod:poss |
| 79 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 75 rational | obl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 ceased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | past | the mediaeval Christians | the Tuatha Danan | again | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | regard | to-infinitive | the mediaeval Christians not said here | the Tuatha Danan | as devils | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent danan=Theme as devil=Value | |||
| 3 | proceed | past | the mediaeval Christians not said here | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | rationalise | to-infinitive | the mediaeval Christians not said here | the divine record | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | rationalis | past · perfect · passive | the ethnic bards | the history of the early gods obj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | become | past | the mediaeval Christians not said here | ancient heroes | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | live | past · perfect | ancient heroes | day | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | die | past | ancient heroes not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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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