Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 177
The same sentiment which caused the mediaeval Christians to disinter and enshrine the bones of their saints, and subsequently to re-enshrine them with greater art and more precious materials, caused the ethnic worshippers of heroes to erect nobler tombs over the inurned relics of those whom they revered, as the meanness of the tomb was seen to misrepresent and humiliate the sublimity of the conception.
Who acts: same sentiment, Christians, ethnic worshippers, heroes, meanness · What happens: cause, disinter, enshrine, re-enshrine, erect, inurn · To what, where: Christians, bones, ethnic worshippers, nobler tombs, inurned relics, meanness
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 (same sentiment, Christians, ethnic worshippers, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sentiment | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sentiment | amod |
| 3 | sentiment | sentiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 caused | nsubj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 caused | nsubj |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sentiment | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mediaeval | det |
| 7 | mediaeval | mediaeval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Christians | nsubj |
| 8 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 caused | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 disinter | mark |
| 10 | disinter | disinter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 caused | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 enshrine | cc |
| 12 | enshrine | enshrine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 disinter | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bones | det |
| 14 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 enshrine | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 saints | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 saints | nmod:poss |
| 17 | saints | saint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 bones | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 re-enshrine | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 re-enshrine | cc |
| 20 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 22 re-enshrine | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 re-enshrine | mark |
| 22 | re-enshrine | re-enshrine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sentiment | conj |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 re-enshrine | obj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 art | case |
| 25 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 26 art | amod |
| 26 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 re-enshrine | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 materials | cc |
| 28 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 29 precious | advmod |
| 29 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 materials | amod |
| 30 | materials | material | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 art | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sentiment | punct |
| 32 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 worshippers | det |
| 34 | ethnic | ethnic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 worshippers | amod |
| 35 | worshippers | worshipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 caused | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 heroes | case |
| 37 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 worshippers | nmod |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 erect | mark |
| 39 | erect | erect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 caused | xcomp |
| 40 | nobler | noble | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 41 tombs | amod |
| 41 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 erect | obj |
| 42 | over | over | ADP | _ | 45 relics | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 relics | det |
| 44 | inurned | inurn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 relics | amod |
| 45 | relics | relic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 erect | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 those | case |
| 47 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 45 relics | nmod |
| 48 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 revered | obj |
| 49 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 revered | nsubj |
| 50 | revered | revere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 those | acl:relcl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 meanness | punct |
| 52 | as | as | ADP | _ | 54 meanness | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 meanness | det |
| 54 | meanness | meanness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 seen | nsubj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 tomb | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 tomb | det |
| 57 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 meanness | nmod |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 seen | aux:pass |
| 59 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 caused | parataxis |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 misrepresent | mark |
| 61 | misrepresent | misrepresent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 seen | xcomp |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 humiliate | cc |
| 63 | humiliate | humiliate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 misrepresent | conj |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 sublimity | det |
| 65 | sublimity | sublimity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 humiliate | obj |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 conception | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 conception | det |
| 68 | conception | conception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 sublimity | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | the same sentiment | Christians the mediaeval | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disinter | to-infinitive | Christians the mediaeval not said here | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | enshrine | infinitive | Christians the mediaeval not said here | the bones of bones's saints | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | re-enshrine | to-infinitive | the same sentiment not said here | Christians = christian | with greater art and precious materials; subsequently property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | cause | past | the same sentiment | the ethnic worshippers of heroes | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | erect | to-infinitive | the ethnic worshippers of heroes not said here | nobler tombs | the inurned relics of those | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomb=Product | |||
| 7 | inurn | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | revere | past | heroes = hero | whom obj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | see | past · passive | the meanness of the tomb | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | misrepresent | to-infinitive | the meanness of the tomb not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | humiliate | infinitive | the meanness of the tomb not said here | the sublimity of the conception | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sublimity=Experiencer |
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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