Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 41
These pedigrees, as I said before, have no historical meaning, being pre-Milesian, and therefore absolutely prehistoric; but as the genealogy of the gods, and as representing the successive generations of that invisible family, whose history not one or ten bards, but the whole bardic and druidic organisation of the island, delighted to record, collate, and verify--those pedigrees are as reliable as that of any of the regal clans.
Who acts: I, pedigrees, genealogy · What happens: say, have, be, represent, record, collate · To what, where: pedigrees, historical meaning, successive generations · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (I, pedigrees, genealogy), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 pedigrees | det |
| 2 | pedigrees | pedigree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 have | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pedigrees | acl:relcl |
| 7 | before | before | ADV | _ | 6 said | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 pedigrees | punct |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 meaning | det |
| 11 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 meaning | amod |
| 12 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pre-Milesian | punct |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 pre-Milesian | cop |
| 15 | pre-Milesian | pre-milesian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 meaning | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 prehistoric | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 prehistoric | cc |
| 18 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 20 prehistoric | advmod |
| 19 | absolutely | absolutely | ADV | _ | 20 prehistoric | advmod |
| 20 | prehistoric | prehistoric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 pre-Milesian | conj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 genealogy | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 genealogy | cc |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 genealogy | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 genealogy | det |
| 25 | genealogy | genealogy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | parataxis |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 gods | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 gods | det |
| 28 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 genealogy | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 representing | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 representing | cc |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 representing | mark |
| 32 | representing | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 genealogy | acl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 generations | det |
| 34 | successive | successive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 generations | amod |
| 35 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 representing | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 family | case |
| 37 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 family | det |
| 38 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 family | amod |
| 39 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 generations | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 history | punct |
| 41 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 42 history | nmod:poss |
| 42 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 family | conj |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 one | advmod |
| 44 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 bards | nummod |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 ten | cc |
| 46 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 one | conj |
| 47 | bards | bard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 history | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 organisation | punct |
| 49 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 organisation | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 organisation | det |
| 51 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 organisation | amod |
| 52 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 organisation | amod |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 druidic | cc |
| 54 | druidic | druidic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 bardic | conj |
| 55 | organisation | organisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 representing | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 island | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 island | det |
| 58 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 organisation | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 delighted | punct |
| 60 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 island | amod |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 record | mark |
| 62 | record | record | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 delighted | advcl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 collate | punct |
| 64 | collate | collate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 record | conj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 verify | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 verify | cc |
| 67 | verify | verify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 collate | conj |
| 68 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 73 reliable | punct |
| 69 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 70 pedigrees | det |
| 70 | pedigrees | pedigree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 reliable | nsubj |
| 71 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 73 reliable | cop |
| 72 | as | as | ADV | _ | 73 reliable | advmod |
| 73 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 verify | conj |
| 74 | as | as | ADP | _ | 75 that | case |
| 75 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 73 reliable | obl |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 any | case |
| 77 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 73 reliable | obl |
| 78 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 clans | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 clans | det |
| 80 | regal | regal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 81 clans | amod |
| 81 | clans | clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 any | nmod |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | I | this pedigrees not said here | before property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pedigree=Topic | |||
| 2 | have | present | this pedigrees | no historical meaning | the genealogy of the gods parataxis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | gerund | pre-milesian property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | be | absolutely, therefore property | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | represent | gerund | the genealogy of the gods not said here | the successive generations of that invisible family and that invisible family and history one bards's history one bards | the whole bardic organisation of the island obl | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot generation=Theme | |||
| 6 | record | to-infinitive | the genealogy of the gods not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | collate | infinitive | the genealogy of the gods not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | verify | infinitive | the genealogy of the gods not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | is | present | that pedigrees | as that; of any of the regal clans; reliable property | tree rules |
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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