Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 45

Cuculain died in the era of the Incarnation, three hundred years, if not more, before the country even began to be Christianised, yet he is never spoken of as anything but a great hero, from which one of two things would follow, either that the apotheosis of heroes needed the lapse of centuries, or that, during the first, second, third, and fourth centuries, the historical conscience was so enlightened, and a positive definite knowledge of the past so universal, that the translation of heroes into the divine clans could no longer take place.

Who acts: Cuculain, country, one, apotheosis, fourth centuries, centuries · What happens: die, begin, christianis, not speak, follow, need · To what, where: country, lapse, historical conscience, divine clans, place · 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 (Cuculain, country, one, apotheosis), 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	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 era	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 era	det
5	era	era	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Incarnation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Incarnation	det
8	Incarnation	Incarnation	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 era	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 three	punct
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 died	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 more	punct
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 more	mark
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 more	advmod
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 died	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 began	punct
18	before	before	SCONJ	_	22 began	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 country	det
20	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 began	nsubj
21	even	even	ADV	_	22 began	advmod
22	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	25 Christianised	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 Christianised	aux:pass
25	Christianised	christianis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 began	xcomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 spoken	punct
27	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	31 spoken	cc
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 spoken	nsubj
29	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 spoken	aux:pass
30	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	31 spoken	advmod
31	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 died	parataxis
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 anything	case
33	as	as	ADP	_	34 anything	case
34	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	31 spoken	obl
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 hero	cc
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 hero	det
37	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 hero	amod
38	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 anything	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 one	punct
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 one	case
41	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	42 one	det
42	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 follow	nsubj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 things	case
44	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 things	nummod
45	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 one	nmod
46	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 follow	aux
47	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 spoken	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 needed	punct
49	either	either	CCONJ	_	55 needed	cc:preconj
50	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 needed	mark
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 apotheosis	det
52	apotheosis	apotheosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 needed	nsubj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 heroes	case
54	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 apotheosis	nmod
55	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 lapse	det
57	lapse	lapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 needed	obj
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 centuries	case
59	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 lapse	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 first	punct
61	or	or	CCONJ	_	66 first	cc
62	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	66 first	nsubj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 that	punct
64	during	during	ADP	_	66 first	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 first	det
66	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	55 needed	parataxis
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 second	punct
68	second	second	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	66 first	advmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 third	punct
70	third	third	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	66 first	advmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 take	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	106 take	cc
73	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	74 centuries	amod
74	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	106 take	nsubj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 enlightened	punct
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 conscience	det
77	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 conscience	amod
78	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 enlightened	nsubj:pass
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 enlightened	aux:pass
80	so	so	ADV	_	81 enlightened	advmod
81	enlightened	enlighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	74 centuries	acl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 knowledge	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 knowledge	cc
84	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 knowledge	det
85	positive	positive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 knowledge	amod
86	definite	definite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 knowledge	amod
87	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 enlightened	obl
88	of	of	ADP	_	90 past	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 past	det
90	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 knowledge	nmod
91	so	so	ADV	_	92 universal	advmod
92	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 knowledge	amod
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 translation	punct
94	that	that	SCONJ	_	96 translation	mark
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 translation	det
96	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 enlightened	obl
97	of	of	ADP	_	98 heroes	case
98	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 translation	nmod
99	into	into	ADP	_	102 clans	case
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 clans	det
101	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 clans	amod
102	clans	clan	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 enlightened	obl
103	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	106 take	aux
104	no	no	ADV	_	105 longer	advmod
105	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	106 take	advmod
106	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 first	parataxis
107	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 take	obj
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 died	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Cuculain			year	in the era of the Incarnation	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in era=Attribute
2	begin	past	the country					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	christianis	to-infinitive · passive	the country not said here					tree rules
4	not speak speech: other	present · passive		country			of anything a great hero	tree rules
5	follow	would	which one of two things					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	need	past	the apotheosis of heroes	the lapse of centuries				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lapse=Theme
7	enlighten	past · passive	fourth centuries not said here	the historical conscience	the divine clans		a positive definite knowledge of the past obl; the translation of heroes obl	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
8	take	could	fourth centuries	place			long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
9	lapse		centuries					nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent
10	translate		heroes					nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 45