Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 188
If this be so, the Olympian Zeus himself was once some rude chieftain dwelling in Thrace or Macedonia, and his sublime temple of Doric architecture traceable to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece, or some earlier home of the Hellenic race, and his name not Zeus, but another; and Kronos, that god whom he, as a living wight, adored, and under whose protection and favour he prospered.
Who acts: this, Olympian Zeus, rude chieftain, sublime temple, Kronos, Zeus · What happens: be, dwell, flag, god, adore, prosper · To what, where: rude chieftain, Thrace, living wight, protection
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 (this, Olympian Zeus, rude chieftain, sublime temple), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 so | mark |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 so | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 so | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 so | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Zeus | det |
| 7 | Olympian | olympian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Zeus | amod |
| 8 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 chieftain | nsubj |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 Zeus | nmod |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 chieftain | cop |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 chieftain | advmod |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 chieftain | det |
| 13 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 chieftain | amod |
| 14 | chieftain | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 so | parataxis |
| 15 | dwelling | dwell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 chieftain | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Thrace | case |
| 17 | Thrace | Thrace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 dwelling | obl |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 Macedonia | cc |
| 19 | Macedonia | Macedonia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Thrace | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 traceable | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 traceable | cc |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 temple | nmod:poss |
| 23 | sublime | sublime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 temple | amod |
| 24 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 traceable | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 architecture | case |
| 26 | Doric | doric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 architecture | amod |
| 27 | architecture | architecture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 temple | nmod |
| 28 | traceable | traceable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 chieftain | conj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 cairn | case |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 cairn | det |
| 31 | insignificant | insignificant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 cairn | amod |
| 32 | cairn | cairn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 traceable | obl |
| 33 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 cist | cc |
| 34 | flagged | flag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 cist | amod |
| 35 | cist | cist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 cairn | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 Greece | case |
| 37 | Greece | Greece | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 cist | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 home | punct |
| 39 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 home | cc |
| 40 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 42 home | det |
| 41 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 42 home | amod |
| 42 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 cairn | appos |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 race | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 race | det |
| 45 | Hellenic | Hellenic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 race | compound |
| 46 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 home | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 name | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 name | cc |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 name | nmod:poss |
| 50 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chieftain | conj |
| 51 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 52 Zeus | advmod |
| 52 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 name | appos |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 another | punct |
| 54 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 another | cc |
| 55 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 61 god | det |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 god | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 god | cc |
| 58 | Kronos | Kronos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 god | nsubj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 god | punct |
| 60 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 61 god | det |
| 61 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 so | nsubj |
| 62 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 61 god | nmod |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 wight | nsubj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 wight | punct |
| 65 | as | as | ADP | _ | 68 wight | case |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 wight | det |
| 67 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 wight | amod |
| 68 | wight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 whom | appos |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 adored | punct |
| 70 | adored | adore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 wight | acl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 prospered | punct |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 prospered | cc |
| 73 | under | under | ADP | _ | 75 protection | case |
| 74 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 75 protection | nmod:poss |
| 75 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 prospered | obl |
| 76 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 favour | cc |
| 77 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 protection | conj |
| 78 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 79 prospered | nsubj |
| 79 | prospered | prosper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 adored | conj |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 so | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | this | so property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Olympian Zeus Zeus | some rude chieftain and Zeus's name | Zeus's name conj; once property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | dwell | gerund | some rude chieftain and Zeus's name not said here | Thrace or Macedonia | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in thrace=Location | ||||
| 4 | be | Zeus's sublime temple of Doric architecture | to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | flag | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | god | Kronos | whom nmod | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | adore | participle | a living wight Kronos not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | prosper | past | Kronos | protection and favour | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under protection=Location | ||||
| 9 | name | Zeus | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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