Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 49
Such then being the position in the divine cycle of the Fir-bolgs, an examination of the Firbolgic raths on Moy Tura has revealed only implements of stone, proving demonstratively that the early divine cycles originated before the bronze age in Ireland, whenever that commenced.
Who acts: Firbolgic raths · What happens: be, reveal, prove, originate, commence, examine · To what, where: Such position, divine cycle, implements, Moy Tura, early divine cycles, Firbolgic raths
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 (Firbolgic raths), 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 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 position | amod |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 position | advmod |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 position | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 position | det |
| 5 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cycle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cycle | det |
| 8 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cycle | amod |
| 9 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 position | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 bolgs | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bolgs | det |
| 12 | Fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bolgs | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Fir | punct |
| 14 | bolgs | bolg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 cycle | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 examination | punct |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 examination | det |
| 17 | examination | examination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 position | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 raths | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 raths | det |
| 20 | Firbolgic | firbolgic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 raths | amod |
| 21 | raths | rath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 examination | nmod |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 Tura | case |
| 23 | Moy | Moy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Tura | compound |
| 24 | Tura | Tura | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 revealed | obl |
| 25 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 revealed | aux |
| 26 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 raths | acl:relcl |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 28 implements | advmod |
| 28 | implements | implement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 revealed | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 stone | case |
| 30 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 implements | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 proving | punct |
| 32 | proving | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 position | advcl |
| 33 | demonstratively | demonstratively | ADV | _ | 32 proving | advmod |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 commenced | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 cycles | det |
| 36 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 cycles | amod |
| 37 | divine | divine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 cycles | compound |
| 38 | cycles | cycle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 commenced | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | originated | originate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 cycles | acl |
| 40 | before | before | ADP | _ | 43 age | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 age | det |
| 42 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 age | compound |
| 43 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 originated | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 Ireland | case |
| 45 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 age | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 commenced | punct |
| 47 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 commenced | advmod |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 commenced | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | commenced | commence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 proving | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 position | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | the Such position and a examination of the Firbolgic raths | the divine cycle of the Fir bolgs | then | a examination of the Firbolgic raths conj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | reveal | present · perfect | the Firbolgic raths not said here | implements of stone | Moy Tura | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent implement=Topic | |||
| 3 | prove | gerund | demonstratively property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | originate | participle | the early divine cycles not said here | before the bronze age in Ireland | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | commence | participle · passive | the early divine cycles | that nsubj:pass; whenever property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | examine | the Firbolgic raths | nom examination «act 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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