Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 30
In the next place, the immense mass of bardic literature which treats of the Irish gods who, having conquered the Fir-bolgs, like the Greek gods of the age of gold dwelt visibly in the island until the coming of the Clan Milith, out of Spain.
Who acts: immense mass, Irish gods · What happens: treat, conquer, dwell, come · To what, where: Fir bolgs, next place, Spain
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 (immense mass, Irish 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 | _ | 4 place | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 place | det |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 place | amod |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 dwelt | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 place | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mass | det |
| 7 | immense | immense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mass | amod |
| 8 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 dwelt | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 literature | case |
| 10 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 literature | amod |
| 11 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mass | nmod |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 treats | nsubj |
| 13 | treats | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mass | acl:relcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 gods | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gods | det |
| 16 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 gods | amod |
| 17 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 treats | obl |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 conquered | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 conquered | punct |
| 20 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 conquered | aux |
| 21 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 gods | acl:relcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 bolgs | det |
| 23 | Fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 bolgs | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 Fir | punct |
| 25 | bolgs | bolg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 conquered | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 gods | punct |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 30 gods | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 gods | det |
| 29 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 gods | amod |
| 30 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 conquered | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 age | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 age | det |
| 33 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gods | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 gold | case |
| 35 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 age | nmod |
| 36 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 37 | visibly | visibly | ADV | _ | 36 dwelt | advmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 island | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 island | det |
| 40 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 dwelt | obl |
| 41 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 43 coming | mark |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 coming | det |
| 43 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 dwelt | advcl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Milith | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Milith | det |
| 46 | Clan | Clan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Milith | compound |
| 47 | Milith | Milith | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 coming | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 Spain | punct |
| 49 | out | out | ADP | _ | 51 Spain | case |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Spain | case |
| 51 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 coming | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 dwelt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | present | the immense mass of bardic literature | of the Irish gods | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | conquer | gerund · perfect | the Irish gods | the Fir bolgs | like the Greek gods of the age of gold | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolg=Patient | |||
| 3 | dwell | past | the immense mass of bardic literature | the next place | in the island; visibly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||
| 4 | come | gerund | the immense mass of bardic literature not said here | Spain | of the Clan Milith | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of milith=Initial_Location out spain=Destination |
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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