Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 28
Such were all the predecessors of the children of Dana--gods which were of old times, that rest in their tombs; and the days, too, of the Tuatha De Danan were numbered.
Who acts: gods, that · What happens: be, rest, number · To what, where: Such predecessors, tombs
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 (gods, that), 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 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 predecessors | amod |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 predecessors | cop |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 predecessors | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 predecessors | det |
| 5 | predecessors | predecessor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 numbered | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 children | det |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 predecessors | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Dana | case |
| 10 | Dana | Dana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 children | nmod |
| 11 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 gods | punct |
| 12 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 predecessors | conj |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 times | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 times | cop |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 times | case |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 times | amod |
| 17 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 gods | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 rest | punct |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 rest | nsubj |
| 20 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 times | parataxis |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 tombs | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 tombs | nmod:poss |
| 23 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 rest | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 days | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 days | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 days | det |
| 27 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 predecessors | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 too | punct |
| 29 | too | too | ADV | _ | 27 days | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Danan | punct |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Danan | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Danan | det |
| 33 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Danan | compound |
| 34 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Tuatha | flat |
| 35 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 predecessors | nmod |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 numbered | aux:pass |
| 37 | numbered | number | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 numbered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | all Such predecessors and gods | of the children of Dana; of the Tuatha Danan; gods conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | gods | of old times | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rest | present | that | predecessors's tombs | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tomb=Location | ||||
| 4 | number | past · passive | all Such predecessors and gods | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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