Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 163
Thus we are gravely informed [Note: Annals of Four Masters.] that "the Dagda Mor, after the second battle of Moy Tura, retired to the Brugh on the Boyne, where he died from the venom of the wounds inflicted on him by Kethlenn"--the Fomorian amazon--"and was there interred."
Who acts: Note · What happens: inform, retire, die, inflict, be, inter · To what, where: we, second battle, venom, wounds, Moy · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Note), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 informed | advmod |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 informed | aux:pass |
| 4 | gravely | gravely | ADV | _ | 5 informed | advmod |
| 5 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 7 Note | punct |
| 7 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 informed | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Annals | punct |
| 9 | Annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Note | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Masters | case |
| 11 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 Masters | nummod |
| 12 | Masters | Master | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Annals | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Note | punct |
| 14 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 7 Note | punct |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 Mor | nsubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Mor | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mor | det |
| 18 | Dagda | Dagda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Mor | compound |
| 19 | Mor | Mor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 informed | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 battle | punct |
| 21 | after | after | ADP | _ | 24 battle | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 battle | det |
| 23 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 24 battle | amod |
| 24 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Mor | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Moy | case |
| 26 | Moy | Moy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 battle | nmod |
| 27 | Tura | Tura | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Moy | flat |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 retired | punct |
| 29 | retired | retire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 battle | acl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Brugh | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Brugh | det |
| 32 | Brugh | Brugh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 retired | obl:agent |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 Boyne | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Boyne | det |
| 35 | Boyne | Boyne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Brugh | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 died | punct |
| 37 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 died | advmod |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 died | nsubj |
| 39 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 Brugh | acl:relcl |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 venom | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 venom | det |
| 42 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 died | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 wounds | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 wounds | det |
| 45 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 venom | nmod |
| 46 | inflicted | inflict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 wounds | acl |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 him | case |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 inflicted | obl |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 Kethlenn | case |
| 50 | Kethlenn | Kethlenn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 inflicted | obl |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 Kethlenn | punct |
| 52 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 amazon | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 amazon | det |
| 54 | Fomorian | fomorian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 amazon | amod |
| 55 | amazon | amazon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Kethlenn | appos |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 amazon | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 amazon | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 there | cc |
| 59 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 there | cop |
| 60 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 61 interred | parataxis |
| 61 | interred | inter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 died | advcl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 Mor | punct |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Mor | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | present · passive | we | Note obj; the Dagda Mor that ccomp; gravely, thus property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | retire in a quote | participle | the second battle of Moy not said here | the Brugh on the Boyne obl:agent | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | die in a quote | past | Note | the venom of the wounds | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from venom=Causer | ||||
| 4 | inflict in a quote | participle | the wounds not said here | on Note; by Kethlenn | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | past | there property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | inter in a quote | participle | Note not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | battle in a quote | Moy | nom battle «act 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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