Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 94
The scene of the destruction of the Firbolgs will be found to be a place of tombs, the metropolis of the Fomorians a place of tombs, and a place of tombs the sacred home of the Tuatha along the shores of the Boyne.
What happens: find, be, destroy · To what, where: scene, place, Firbolgs
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: 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 | 2 scene | det |
| 2 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 destruction | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 destruction | det |
| 5 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scene | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Firbolgs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Firbolgs | det |
| 8 | Firbolgs | Firbolgs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 destruction | nmod |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 found | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 found | aux:pass |
| 11 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 place | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 place | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 place | det |
| 15 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 found | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 tombs | case |
| 17 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 place | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 metropolis | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 metropolis | det |
| 20 | metropolis | metropolis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 place | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Fomorians | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Fomorians | det |
| 23 | Fomorians | Fomorian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 metropolis | nmod |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 place | det |
| 25 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Fomorians | appos |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 tombs | case |
| 27 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 place | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 place | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 place | cc |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 place | det |
| 31 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 found | parataxis |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 tombs | case |
| 33 | tombs | tomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 place | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 home | det |
| 35 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 home | amod |
| 36 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 tombs | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Tuatha | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Tuatha | det |
| 39 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 home | nmod |
| 40 | along | along | ADP | _ | 42 shores | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 shores | det |
| 42 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 home | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Boyne | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Boyne | det |
| 45 | Boyne | Boyne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 shores | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future · passive | the scene of the destruction of the Firbolgs | a place and tombs the sacred home of the Tuatha parataxis | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | a place | of tombs; the metropolis of the Fomorians appos | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | destroy | the Firbolgs | nom destruction «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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