Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 40
Not only, however, was such fabrication completely foreign to the genius of the literature, but in the fragments of those early divine cycles, we see that each of these personages was at one time the centre of a literature, and holds a definite place as regards those who went before and came after.
Who acts: we, each · What happens: not be, see, be, hold, go, come · To what, where: such fabrication, fragments, definite place
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 (we, each), 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 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 fabrication | advmod |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 fabrication | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 only | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 8 fabrication | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fabrication | cop |
| 7 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fabrication | amod |
| 8 | fabrication | fabrication | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 10 foreign | advmod |
| 10 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fabrication | amod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 genius | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 genius | det |
| 13 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 foreign | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 literature | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 literature | det |
| 16 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 genius | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 see | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 see | cc |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 fragments | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 fragments | det |
| 21 | fragments | fragment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 see | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 cycles | case |
| 23 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 26 cycles | det |
| 24 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 cycles | amod |
| 25 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 cycles | amod |
| 26 | cycles | cycle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 fragments | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fragments | punct |
| 28 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 see | nsubj |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fabrication | parataxis |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 time | mark |
| 31 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 time | nsubj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 personages | case |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 34 personages | det |
| 34 | personages | personage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 each | nmod |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 time | cop |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 time | case |
| 37 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 time | nummod |
| 38 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 see | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 centre | det |
| 40 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 time | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 literature | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 literature | det |
| 43 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 centre | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 holds | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 holds | cc |
| 46 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | conj |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 place | det |
| 48 | definite | definite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 place | amod |
| 49 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 holds | obj |
| 50 | as | as | ADP | _ | 51 regards | case |
| 51 | regards | regards | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 49 place | nmod |
| 52 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 51 regards | nmod |
| 53 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 went | nsubj |
| 54 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 those | acl:relcl |
| 55 | before | before | ADV | _ | 54 went | advmod |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 came | cc |
| 57 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 went | conj |
| 58 | after | after | ADV | _ | 57 came | advmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fabrication | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | such fabrication | however property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | present | we | the fragments of that early divine cycles | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | past | each of this personages | at one time | the centre of a literature nmod | tree rules | |||
| 4 | hold | present | we not said here | a definite place | as regards those | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||
| 5 | go | past | who nsubj; before property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | come | past | after property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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