Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 44
The former probably represents the period which would elapse before a hero would become so divine, that is, so consecrated in the imagination of the country, as to be received into the family of the gods.
Who acts: former, period, hero · What happens: represent, elapse, become, consecrate, receive, imagine · To what, where: period, that, imagination, family, country
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 (former, period, hero), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 former | det |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 represents | nsubj |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 represents | advmod |
| 4 | represents | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 period | det |
| 6 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 represents | obj |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 elapse | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 elapse | aux |
| 9 | elapse | elapse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 period | acl:relcl |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 14 become | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hero | det |
| 12 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 become | nsubj |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 become | aux |
| 14 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 elapse | advcl |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 divine | advmod |
| 16 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 become | xcomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 consecrated | punct |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 consecrated | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 consecrated | aux:pass |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 consecrated | advmod |
| 22 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 represents | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 imagination | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 imagination | det |
| 25 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 consecrated | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 country | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 country | det |
| 28 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 imagination | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 received | punct |
| 30 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 received | mark |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 received | mark |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 received | aux:pass |
| 33 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 consecrated | conj |
| 34 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 family | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 family | det |
| 36 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 received | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 gods | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 gods | det |
| 39 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 family | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 represents | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | present | the former | the period | probably property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot period=Theme | |||
| 2 | elapse | would | the period | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | become | would | a hero | divine property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | consecrate | present · passive | that | the imagination of the country | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | receive | to-infinitive · passive | the family of the gods | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 6 | imagine | the country | 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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