Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 16

When this is the case with regard to the great heroes of the Iliad, I fancy it will be some time before the same problem will have been solved for the minor characters, and as it affects Thersites, or that eminent artist who dwelt at home in Hyla, being by far the most excellent of leather cutters.

Who acts: this, I, reality, eminent artist · What happens: be, fancy, solve, affect, dwell · To what, where: case, time, same problem, Thersites, home

This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, I, reality, eminent artist), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 case	advmod
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 case	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 case	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 case	det
5	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 regard	case
7	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 case	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 heroes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heroes	det
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 heroes	amod
11	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 regard	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Iliad	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Iliad	det
14	Iliad	Iliad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 heroes	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fancy	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 fancy	nsubj
17	fancy	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 case	parataxis
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 time	nsubj
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 time	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 time	cop
21	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	22 time	det
22	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fancy	ccomp
23	before	before	SCONJ	_	30 solved	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 problem	det
25	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 problem	amod
26	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 solved	nsubj:pass
27	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 solved	aux
28	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	30 solved	aux
29	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 solved	aux:pass
30	solved	solve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 fancy	advcl
31	for	for	ADP	_	34 characters	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 characters	det
33	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 characters	amod
34	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 solved	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 affects	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 affects	cc
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	39 affects	mark
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 affects	nsubj
39	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 solved	parataxis
40	Thersites	Thersite	PROPN	Number=Plur	39 affects	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 artist	punct
42	or	or	CCONJ	_	45 artist	cc
43	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	45 artist	det
44	eminent	eminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 artist	amod
45	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 Thersites	appos
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 dwelt	nsubj
47	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 artist	acl:relcl
48	at	at	ADP	_	49 home	case
49	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 dwelt	obl
50	in	in	ADP	_	51 Hyla	case
51	Hyla	Hyla	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 dwelt	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 excellent	punct
53	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 excellent	cop
54	by	by	SCONJ	_	58 excellent	mark
55	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	58 excellent	advmod
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 excellent	det
57	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	58 excellent	advmod
58	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 affects	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 cutters	case
60	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 cutters	compound
61	cutters	cutter	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 excellent	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 case	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	the case		with regard to the great heroes of the Iliad	tree rules
2	fancy	present	I				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	future	reality	some time			tree rules
4	solve	future · perfect · passive		the same problem		for the minor characters	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
5	affect	present	reality	Thersites			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thersite=Experiencer
6	dwell	past	that eminent artist		home	in Hyla	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
7	is	gerund	reality not said here			of leather cutters; excellent, far property	tree rules

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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 16