Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 48
The ancient heroes there interred were those who, as Fir-bolgs, preceded the reign of the Tuath De Danan, coming long after the Clanna Nemedh in the divine cycle, who were themselves preceded by the children of Partholan, who were subsequent to the Queen Keasair.
Who acts: ancient heroes, children, Partholan · What happens: inter, be, proceed, come, precede · To what, where: ancient heroes, those, reign, divine cycle
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 (ancient heroes, children, Partholan), 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 | 3 heroes | det |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 heroes | amod |
| 3 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 those | nsubj |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 interred | advmod |
| 5 | interred | inter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 heroes | acl |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 those | cop |
| 7 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 preceded | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bolgs | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 bolgs | case |
| 11 | Fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bolgs | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Fir | punct |
| 13 | bolgs | bolg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 preceded | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bolgs | punct |
| 15 | preceded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 those | acl:relcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 reign | det |
| 17 | reign | reign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 preceded | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Danan | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Danan | det |
| 20 | Tuath | Tuath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Danan | compound |
| 21 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Tuath | flat |
| 22 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 reign | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 coming | punct |
| 24 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 preceded | advcl |
| 25 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 coming | advmod |
| 26 | after | after | ADP | _ | 29 Nemedh | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Nemedh | det |
| 28 | Clanna | Clanna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Nemedh | compound |
| 29 | Nemedh | Nemedh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 coming | obl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 cycle | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 cycle | det |
| 32 | divine | divine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cycle | compound |
| 33 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 coming | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 preceded | punct |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 preceded | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 preceded | aux:pass |
| 37 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 were | obj |
| 38 | preceded | precede | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 cycle | acl:relcl |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 children | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 children | det |
| 41 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 preceded | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Partholan | case |
| 43 | Partholan | Partholan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 children | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 subsequent | punct |
| 45 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 subsequent | nsubj |
| 46 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 subsequent | cop |
| 47 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 Partholan | amod |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 Keasair | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Keasair | det |
| 50 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Keasair | nmod:desc |
| 51 | Keasair | Keasair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 subsequent | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 those | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inter | participle | the ancient heroes not said here | there | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the ancient heroes | those | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | proceed | past | the reign of the Tuath Danan | who nsubj; Fir bolgs nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come | gerund | the divine cycle | after the Clanna Nemedh | long property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cycle=Location | |||
| 5 | precede | past · passive | the children of Partholan | the divine cycle | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | past | Partholan | to the Keasair Queen; subsequent 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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