Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 183
To recapitulate, the Dagda Mor was a divine title given to a hero named Eocaidh, who lived many centuries before the birth of Christ, and in the depths of the pre-historic ages.
Who acts: Dagda Mor, divine title · What happens: recapitulate, be, give, name, live · To what, where: depths, divine title, hero, birth
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 (Dagda Mor, divine title), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 recapitulate | mark |
| 2 | recapitulate | recapitulate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 title | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mor | det |
| 5 | Dagda | Dagda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Mor | compound |
| 6 | Mor | Mor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 title | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 title | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 title | det |
| 9 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 title | amod |
| 10 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 recapitulate | obl |
| 11 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 named | mark |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 hero | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 hero | det |
| 14 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 given | obl |
| 15 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 title | acl |
| 16 | Eocaidh | Eocaidh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 named | xcomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 lived | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 lived | nsubj |
| 19 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 title | acl |
| 20 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 centuries | amod |
| 21 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 lived | obl |
| 22 | before | before | ADP | _ | 24 birth | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 birth | det |
| 24 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lived | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Christ | case |
| 26 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 birth | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 depths | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 depths | cc |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 depths | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 depths | det |
| 31 | depths | depth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 recapitulate | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 ages | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 ages | det |
| 34 | pre-historic | pre-historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 ages | amod |
| 35 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 depths | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 recapitulate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recapitulate | to-infinitive | the depths of the pre-historic ages | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Dagda Mor | a divine title | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | a hero | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hero=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | name | participle | a divine title not said here | Eocaidh xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | live | past | a divine title | the birth of Christ | century | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before birth=Location |
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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