Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 63
Of Fomorian descent on the mother's side, he joined his father's people, the Tuatha De Danan, in the great war against the Fomoroh.
Who acts: Lu · What happens: join · To what, where: people, great war
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 (Lu), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 3 descent | case |
| 2 | Fomorian | fomorian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 descent | amod |
| 3 | descent | descent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 joined | obl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mother | det |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 side | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 mother | case |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 descent | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 descent | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 joined | nsubj |
| 11 | joined | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 father | nmod:poss |
| 13 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 people | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 father | case |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 joined | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Danan | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Danan | det |
| 18 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Danan | compound |
| 19 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Tuatha | flat |
| 20 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 people | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 war | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 war | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 war | det |
| 24 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 war | amod |
| 25 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 joined | obl |
| 26 | against | against | ADP | _ | 28 Fomoroh | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Fomoroh | det |
| 28 | Fomoroh | Fomoroh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 war | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 joined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | past | Lu | Lu's father's people the Tuatha Danan | the great war against the Fomoroh | of Fomorian descent on the mother's side | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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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