Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 41
In it the poet will find endless themes of song, the philosopher strange workings of the human mind, the archeologist a mass of information, marvellous in amount and quality, with regard to primitive ideas and habits of life, and the rationalist materials for framing a scientific history of Ireland, which will be acceptable in proportion to the readableness of his style, and the mode in which his views may harmonize with the prevailing humour and complexion of his contemporaries.
Who acts: poet, philosopher, rationalist materials, scientific history, views · What happens: find, working, frame, be, harmonize, prevail · To what, where: endless themes, history, scientific history, proportion, mode
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 (poet, philosopher, rationalist materials, scientific history), 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 | _ | 2 it | case |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 find | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 poet | det |
| 4 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 find | aux |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | endless | endless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 themes | amod |
| 8 | themes | theme | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 find | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 song | case |
| 10 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 themes | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 workings | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 philosopher | det |
| 13 | philosopher | philosopher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 workings | nsubj |
| 14 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 workings | amod |
| 15 | workings | working | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 themes | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 mind | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 mind | det |
| 18 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 mind | amod |
| 19 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 workings | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 archeologist | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 archeologist | det |
| 22 | archeologist | archeologist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 mind | appos |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 mass | det |
| 24 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 archeologist | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 information | case |
| 26 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 mass | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 marvellous | punct |
| 28 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 mass | appos |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 amount | case |
| 30 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 marvellous | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 quality | cc |
| 32 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 amount | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 regard | punct |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 regard | case |
| 35 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 marvellous | conj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 ideas | case |
| 37 | primitive | primitive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 ideas | amod |
| 38 | ideas | idea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regard | nmod |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 habits | cc |
| 40 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 ideas | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 life | case |
| 42 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 habits | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 materials | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 materials | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 materials | det |
| 46 | rationalist | rationalist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 materials | compound |
| 47 | materials | material | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regard | conj |
| 48 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 framing | mark |
| 49 | framing | frame | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 47 materials | acl |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 history | det |
| 51 | scientific | scientific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 history | amod |
| 52 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 framing | obj |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Ireland | case |
| 54 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 history | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 acceptable | punct |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 acceptable | nsubj |
| 57 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 acceptable | aux |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 acceptable | cop |
| 59 | acceptable | acceptable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 history | conj |
| 60 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 proportion | case |
| 61 | proportion | proportion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 acceptable | obl |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 64 readableness | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 readableness | det |
| 64 | readableness | readableness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 proportion | nmod |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 style | case |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 style | nmod:poss |
| 67 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 readableness | nmod |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 mode | punct |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 mode | cc |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 mode | det |
| 71 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regard | conj |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 which | case |
| 73 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 77 harmonize | obl |
| 74 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 75 views | nmod:poss |
| 75 | views | view | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 harmonize | nsubj |
| 76 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 77 harmonize | aux |
| 77 | harmonize | harmonize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 71 mode | acl:relcl |
| 78 | with | with | ADP | _ | 81 humour | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 humour | det |
| 80 | prevailing | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 81 humour | amod |
| 81 | humour | humour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 harmonize | obl |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 complexion | cc |
| 83 | complexion | complexion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 humour | conj |
| 84 | of | of | ADP | _ | 86 contemporaries | case |
| 85 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 86 contemporaries | nmod:poss |
| 86 | contemporaries | contemporary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 83 complexion | nmod |
| 87 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 find | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future | the poet | endless themes of song and strange workings | history | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theme=Topic | |||
| 2 | working | the philosopher | of the human mind | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | frame | gerund | the rationalist materials not said here | a scientific history of Ireland | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent history=Destination | ||||
| 4 | is | future | a scientific history of Ireland | proportion to the readableness of philosopher's style | acceptable property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | harmonize | may | philosopher's views | the mode | with the prevailing humour and complexion of philosopher's contemporaries | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with humour=Co-Patient | |||
| 6 | prevail | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | view | philosopher | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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