Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 35
Had the advent of exact genealogy been delayed, and the creative imagination of the bards suffered to work on for a couple of centuries longer, unchecked by the historical conscience, Cuculain's human origin would, perhaps, have been forgotten, and he would have been numbered amongst the Tuatha De Danan, probably, as the son of Lu Lamfada and the Moreega, his patron deities.
Who acts: creative imagination · What happens: have, suffer, work on, uncheck, forget, number · To what, where: advent, origin, bards
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 (creative imagination), 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 | Had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 advent | det |
| 3 | advent | advent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Had | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 genealogy | case |
| 5 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 genealogy | amod |
| 6 | genealogy | genealogy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 advent | nmod |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 genealogy | acl |
| 8 | delayed | delayed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 been | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 suffered | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 suffered | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 imagination | det |
| 12 | creative | creative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 imagination | amod |
| 13 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 suffered | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 bards | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bards | det |
| 16 | bards | bard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 imagination | nmod |
| 17 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Had | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 work | mark |
| 19 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 suffered | xcomp |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 work | compound:prt |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 couple | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 couple | det |
| 23 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 work | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 centuries | case |
| 25 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 couple | nmod |
| 26 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 work | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 unchecked | punct |
| 28 | unchecked | uncheck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 suffered | conj |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 conscience | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 conscience | det |
| 31 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 conscience | amod |
| 32 | conscience | conscience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 unchecked | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 would | punct |
| 34 | Cuculain | Cuculain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 origin | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 Cuculain | case |
| 36 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 origin | amod |
| 37 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 would | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 unchecked | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 would | punct |
| 40 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 44 forgotten | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 perhaps | punct |
| 42 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 forgotten | aux |
| 43 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 44 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 would | advcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 numbered | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 numbered | cc |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 numbered | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 numbered | aux |
| 49 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 numbered | aux |
| 50 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 numbered | aux:pass |
| 51 | numbered | number | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Had | conj |
| 52 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 56 Danan | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 Danan | det |
| 54 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Danan | compound |
| 55 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Tuatha | flat |
| 56 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 numbered | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 probably | punct |
| 58 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 51 numbered | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 son | punct |
| 60 | as | as | ADP | _ | 62 son | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 son | det |
| 62 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 numbered | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 Lu | case |
| 64 | Lu | Lu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 son | nmod |
| 65 | Lamfada | Lamfada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Lu | flat |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 Moreega | cc |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 Moreega | det |
| 68 | Moreega | Moreega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Lu | conj |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 deities | punct |
| 70 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 deities | nmod:poss |
| 71 | patron | patron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 deities | compound |
| 72 | deities | deity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 Lu | conj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the advent of exact genealogy | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | suffer | past | the creative imagination of the bards | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | work on | to-infinitive | the creative imagination of the bards not said here | for a couple of centuries; long property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for couple=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | uncheck | participle | the creative imagination of the bards not said here | by the historical conscience | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | forget | present · perfect · passive | the creative imagination of the bards not said here | perhaps property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | number | would · perfect · passive | origin | amongst the Tuatha Danan; as the son of Lu and the Moreega and origin's patron deities goal; probably property | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme as son=Goal | ||||
| 7 | imagine | the bards | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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