Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 51
So far is it from being the case, that the mythological record has been extended and unduly stretched, to enable the monkish historians to connect the Irish pedigrees with those of the Mosaic record, that it has, I believe, been contracted for this purpose.
Who acts: cycle, I · What happens: be, extend, stretch, enable, connect, have · To what, where: case, mythological record, monkish historians, Irish pedigrees · 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 (cycle, I), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 far | advmod |
| 2 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 enable | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 far | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 far | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 case | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 case | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 case | det |
| 8 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 far | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 far | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 extended | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 record | det |
| 12 | mythological | mythological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 record | amod |
| 13 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 extended | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 extended | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 extended | aux:pass |
| 16 | extended | extend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 far | advcl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 stretched | cc |
| 18 | unduly | unduly | ADV | _ | 19 stretched | advmod |
| 19 | stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 extended | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 far | punct |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 enable | mark |
| 22 | enable | enable | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 historians | det |
| 24 | monkish | monkish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 historians | amod |
| 25 | historians | historian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 enable | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 connect | mark |
| 27 | connect | connect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 enable | advcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 pedigrees | det |
| 29 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 pedigrees | amod |
| 30 | pedigrees | pedigree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 connect | obj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 those | case |
| 32 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 30 pedigrees | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 record | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 record | det |
| 35 | Mosaic | mosaic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 record | amod |
| 36 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 those | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 has | punct |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 has | mark |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 has | nsubj |
| 40 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 enable | parataxis |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 believe | punct |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 believe | nsubj |
| 43 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 has | parataxis |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 contracted | punct |
| 45 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 contracted | aux:pass |
| 46 | contracted | contract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 believe | ccomp |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 purpose | case |
| 48 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 purpose | det |
| 49 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 contracted | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 enable | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | cycle | far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | the case | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | extend | present · perfect · passive | the mythological record | vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stretch | participle | unduly property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | enable | to-infinitive | the monkish historians | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | connect | to-infinitive | the Irish pedigrees | with those of the Mosaic record | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pedigree=Patient with that=Co-Patient | ||||
| 7 | have | present | cycle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | believe | present | I | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | contract | participle · passive | for this purpose | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V» |
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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