Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 93
In all the ancient Irish literature we find the connection of the gods, both those who survived into the historic times, and those whom they had dethroned, with the raths and cairns perpetually and almost universally insisted upon.
Who acts: we, those, gods · What happens: find, survive, dethrone, insist · To what, where: connection, ancient Irish literature, those
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 (we, those, gods), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 literature | case |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 literature | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 literature | det |
| 4 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 literature | amod |
| 5 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 literature | amod |
| 6 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obl |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 find | nsubj |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 connection | det |
| 10 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 gods | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gods | det |
| 13 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 connection | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 survived | punct |
| 15 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 16 those | cc:preconj |
| 16 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 18 survived | nsubj |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 survived | nsubj |
| 18 | survived | survive | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 find | conj |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 times | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 times | det |
| 21 | historic | historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 times | amod |
| 22 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 survived | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 those | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 those | cc |
| 25 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 18 survived | obj |
| 26 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 dethroned | obj |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 dethroned | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 dethroned | aux |
| 29 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 those | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 those | punct |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 raths | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 raths | det |
| 33 | raths | rath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 survived | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 cairns | cc |
| 35 | cairns | cairn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 raths | conj |
| 36 | perpetually | perpetually | ADV | _ | 40 insisted | advmod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 insisted | cc |
| 38 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 39 universally | advmod |
| 39 | universally | universally | ADV | _ | 40 insisted | advmod |
| 40 | insisted | insist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 survived | advcl |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 40 insisted | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 find | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | we | the connection of the gods | all ancient Irish literature | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Topic | |||
| 2 | survive | past | those | those | time | with the raths and cairns; who nsubj | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Circumstance | ||
| 3 | dethrone | past · perfect | gods = god | whom obj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | insist speech: other | participle | those not said here | perpetually, universally property | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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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