Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 38
What the present age demands upon the subject of antique Irish history--an exact and scientific treatment of the facts supplied by our native authorities--will be demanded for ever.
What happens: supply, demand, treat · To what, where: facts
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: 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 30 demanded | obl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 demands | det |
| 3 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 demands | amod |
| 4 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demands | compound |
| 5 | demands | demand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 subject | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 subject | det |
| 8 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demands | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 history | case |
| 10 | antique | antique | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 history | amod |
| 11 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 history | amod |
| 12 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 subject | nmod |
| 13 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 18 treatment | punct |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 treatment | det |
| 15 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 treatment | amod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 scientific | cc |
| 17 | scientific | scientific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 exact | conj |
| 18 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 history | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 facts | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 facts | det |
| 21 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 treatment | nmod |
| 22 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 facts | acl |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 authorities | case |
| 24 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 authorities | nmod:poss |
| 25 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 authorities | amod |
| 26 | authorities | authority | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 supplied | obl:agent |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 demanded | aux |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 demanded | aux:pass |
| 30 | demanded | demand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 ever | case |
| 32 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 30 demanded | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 demanded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | participle | the facts not said here | our native authorities obl:agent | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | demand speech: request | future · passive | What the present age demands upon the subject of antique Irish history and a exact treatment of the facts obl | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF» | |||||
| 3 | treat | the facts | nom treatment «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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