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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 176

When the cromlech fell into disuse, the arched chamber above the ashes of the hero was constructed with enormous stones, as a substitute for the majestic appearance presented by the massive slab and supporting pillars of the more ancient cromlech, and the early stone buildings preserved the same characteristic to a certain extent.

Who acts: cromlech, early stone buildings · What happens: fall, arch, construct, present, support, preserve · To what, where: disuse, arched chamber, majestic appearance, pillars, same characteristic

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 (cromlech, early stone buildings), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvclcaseoblpunctdetamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodcasedetnmodaux:passcaseamodoblpunctcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodaclcasedetamodoblccconjobjcasedetadvmodamodnmodpunctccdetamodcompoundnsubjconjdetamodobjcasedetamodoblpunctrootWhenADVtheDETcromlechNOUNfellVERBintoADPdisuseNOUN,PUNCTtheDETarchedVERBchamberNOUNaboveADPtheDETashesNOUNofADPtheDETheroNOUNwasAUXconstructedVERBwithADPenormousADJstonesNOUN,PUNCTasADPaDETsubstituteNOUNforADPtheDETmajesticADJappearanceNOUNpresentedVERBbyADPtheDETmassiveADJslabNOUNandCCONJsupportingVERBpillarsNOUNofADPtheDETmoreADVancientADJcromlechNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETearlyADJstoneNOUNbuildingsNOUNpreservedVERBtheDETsameADJcharacteristicNOUNtoADPaDETcertainADJextentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 felladvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 cromlechdet
3cromlechcromlechNOUNNumber=Sing4 fellnsubj
4fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 constructedadvcl
5intointoADP_6 disusecase
6disusedisuseNOUNNumber=Sing4 fellobl
7,,PUNCT_4 fellpunct
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 chamberdet
9archedarchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 chamberamod
10chamberchamberNOUNNumber=Sing18 constructednsubj:pass
11aboveaboveADP_13 ashescase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 ashesdet
13ashesashNOUNNumber=Plur10 chambernmod
14ofofADP_16 herocase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 herodet
16heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing13 ashesnmod
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 constructedaux:pass
18constructedconstructVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
19withwithADP_21 stonescase
20enormousenormousADJDegree=Pos21 stonesamod
21stonesstoneNOUNNumber=Plur18 constructedobl
22,,PUNCT_25 substitutepunct
23asasADP_25 substitutecase
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 substitutedet
25substitutesubstituteNOUNNumber=Sing18 constructedobl
26forforADP_29 appearancecase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 appearancedet
28majesticmajesticADJDegree=Pos29 appearanceamod
29appearanceappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing25 substitutenmod
30presentedpresentVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 appearanceacl
31bybyADP_34 slabcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 slabdet
33massivemassiveADJDegree=Pos34 slabamod
34slabslabNOUNNumber=Sing30 presentedobl
35andandCCONJ_36 supportingcc
36supportingsupportVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part34 slabconj
37pillarspillarNOUNNumber=Plur36 supportingobj
38ofofADP_42 cromlechcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 cromlechdet
40moremoreADVDegree=Cmp41 ancientadvmod
41ancientancientADJDegree=Pos42 cromlechamod
42cromlechcromlechNOUNNumber=Sing37 pillarsnmod
43,,PUNCT_49 preservedpunct
44andandCCONJ_49 preservedcc
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 buildingsdet
46earlyearlyADJDegree=Pos48 buildingsamod
47stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing48 buildingscompound
48buildingsbuildingNOUNNumber=Plur49 preservednsubj
49preservedpreserveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 constructedconj
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 characteristicdet
51samesameADJDegree=Pos52 characteristicamod
52characteristiccharacteristicNOUNNumber=Sing49 preservedobj
53totoADP_56 extentcase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 extentdet
55certaincertainADJDegree=Pos56 extentamod
56extentextentNOUNNumber=Sing49 preservedobl
57..PUNCT_18 constructedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fallpastthe cromlechinto disuse resultvn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into disuse=Result
2archparticiplevn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3constructpast · passivethe arched chamber above the ashes of the herowith enormous stones; as a substitute for the majestic appearancevn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as substitute=Attribute
4presentparticiplethe majestic appearance not said hereby the massive slabvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5supportgerundpillars of the ancient cromlechvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pillar=Stimulus
6preservepastthe early stone buildingsthe same characteristicto a certain extentvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Beneficiary

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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