Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 33
In the eighth, the heroic cycles, the Ultonian, the Temairian, and the Fenian, and after these the historic tales that, without forming cycles, accompany the course of history down to the extinction of Irish independence, and the transference to aliens of all the great sources of authority in the island.
Who acts: historic tales, you · What happens: form, accompany, extinguish · To what, where: cycles, course, eighth, Irish independence
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 (historic tales, you), 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 | _ | 3 eighth | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eighth | det |
| 3 | eighth | eighth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 accompany | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cycles | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cycles | det |
| 6 | heroic | heroic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cycles | amod |
| 7 | cycles | cycle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eighth | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ultonian | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Ultonian | det |
| 10 | Ultonian | Ultonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cycles | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Temairian | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Temairian | det |
| 13 | Temairian | Temairian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Ultonian | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Fenian | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Fenian | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Fenian | det |
| 17 | Fenian | Fenian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Ultonian | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tales | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 tales | cc |
| 20 | after | after | ADP | _ | 24 tales | case |
| 21 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 24 tales | nsubj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 tales | det |
| 23 | historic | historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 tales | amod |
| 24 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eighth | conj |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 forming | nsubj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 forming | punct |
| 27 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 28 forming | mark |
| 28 | forming | form | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 tales | acl:relcl |
| 29 | cycles | cycle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 forming | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 eighth | punct |
| 31 | accompany | accompany | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 course | det |
| 33 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 accompany | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 history | case |
| 35 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 course | nmod |
| 36 | down | down | ADV | _ | 31 accompany | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 extinction | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 extinction | det |
| 39 | extinction | extinction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 accompany | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 independence | case |
| 41 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 independence | amod |
| 42 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 extinction | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 transference | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 transference | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 transference | det |
| 46 | transference | transference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 accompany | obl |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 aliens | case |
| 48 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 transference | nmod |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 sources | case |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 sources | det:predet |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 sources | det |
| 52 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 sources | amod |
| 53 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 aliens | nmod |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 authority | case |
| 55 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 sources | nmod |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 island | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 island | det |
| 58 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 authority | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 31 accompany | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | gerund | the historic tales these | cycles | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cycle=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accompany | imperative | you not said here | the course of history | the eighth and the heroic cycles the Ultonian and the Temairian and the Fenian and the historic tales these | to the extinction of Irish independence; the transference to aliens of all great sources of authority in the island obl; down property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent course=Theme in eighth=Destination | ||
| 3 | extinguish | Irish independence | nom extinction «state 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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