Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 5
The great chiefs of the FIR-BOLGIC dynasty were the five sons of Dela, Gann, Genann, Sengann, Rury, and Slaney, with their wives Fuad, Edain, Anust, Cnucha, and Libra; also their last and most potent king, EOCAIDH MAC ERC, son of Ragnal, son of Genann, whose tomb or temple may be seen to-day at Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, on the edge of the sea.
Who acts: great chiefs · What happens: be, see · To what, where: five sons, last king, Ballysadare
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 (great chiefs), 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 chiefs | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chiefs | amod |
| 3 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sons | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dynasty | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dynasty | det |
| 6 | FIR | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dynasty | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 FIR | punct |
| 8 | BOLGIC | BOLGIC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dynasty | compound |
| 9 | dynasty | dynasty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chiefs | nmod |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 sons | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sons | det |
| 12 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 sons | nummod |
| 13 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Dela | case |
| 15 | Dela | Dela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 sons | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Gann | punct |
| 17 | Gann | Gann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Dela | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Genann | punct |
| 19 | Genann | Genann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Dela | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Sengann | punct |
| 21 | Sengann | Sengann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Dela | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Rury | punct |
| 23 | Rury | Rury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Dela | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Slaney | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Slaney | cc |
| 26 | Slaney | Slaney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Dela | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wives | punct |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 wives | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 wives | nmod:poss |
| 30 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sons | conj |
| 31 | Fuad | Fuad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 wives | appos |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Edain | punct |
| 33 | Edain | Edain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Fuad | flat |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Anust | punct |
| 35 | Anust | Anust | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Fuad | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Cnucha | punct |
| 37 | Cnucha | Cnucha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Fuad | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Libra | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 Libra | cc |
| 40 | Libra | Libra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Fuad | conj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 king | punct |
| 42 | also | also | ADV | _ | 48 king | advmod |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 king | nmod:poss |
| 44 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 king | amod |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 potent | cc |
| 46 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 47 potent | advmod |
| 47 | potent | potent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 last | conj |
| 48 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 seen | nsubj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 MAC | punct |
| 50 | EOCAIDH | EOCAIDH | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 MAC | compound |
| 51 | MAC | MAC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 king | nmod |
| 52 | ERC | ERC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 MAC | flat |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 son | punct |
| 54 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 king | conj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Ragnal | case |
| 56 | Ragnal | Ragnal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 son | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 son | punct |
| 58 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 king | conj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 Genann | case |
| 60 | Genann | Genann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 son | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 tomb | punct |
| 62 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 63 tomb | nmod:poss |
| 63 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 king | conj |
| 64 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 65 temple | cc |
| 65 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 king | conj |
| 66 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 68 seen | aux |
| 67 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 68 seen | aux:pass |
| 68 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 sons | acl:relcl |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 71 day | case |
| 70 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 69 to | punct |
| 71 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 seen | obl |
| 72 | at | at | ADP | _ | 73 Ballysadare | case |
| 73 | Ballysadare | Ballysadare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 seen | obl |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 Co. | punct |
| 75 | Co. | Co. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Ballysadare | appos |
| 76 | Sligo | Sligo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 75 Co. | flat |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 edge | punct |
| 78 | on | on | ADP | _ | 80 edge | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 edge | det |
| 80 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 seen | obl |
| 81 | of | of | ADP | _ | 83 sea | case |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 sea | det |
| 83 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 edge | nmod |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 sons | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the great chiefs of the FIR BOLGIC dynasty | the five sons and chiefs's wives | of Dela and Gann and Genann and Sengann and Rury and Slaney; chiefs's wives conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | see | may · passive | chiefs's last king EOCAIDH MAC and son of Ragnal and son of Genann and chiefs's last king EOCAIDH MAC and son of Ragnal and son of Genann and last king's tomb or temple's tomb or temple | Ballysadare | day | on the edge of the sea | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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