Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 45
The mode which I have myself adopted, that other being out of the question, is open to many obvious objections; but in the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject, no other is possible to an individual writer.
Who acts: other question, other · What happens: adopt, be, exist · To what, where: mode, other question
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 (other question, other), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mode | det |
| 2 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 have | obj |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 adopted | aux |
| 6 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 open | punct |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 open | mark |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 question | amod |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 question | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 question | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 question | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 question | det |
| 15 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 open | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 question | punct |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 open | cop |
| 18 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 adopted | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 objections | case |
| 20 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 objections | amod |
| 21 | obvious | obvious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 objections | amod |
| 22 | objections | objection | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 open | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 state | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 state | cc |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 state | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 state | det |
| 27 | existing | exist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 state | amod |
| 28 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 adopted | parataxis |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 mind | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 mind | det |
| 31 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 mind | amod |
| 32 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 state | nmod |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 subject | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 subject | det |
| 35 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 mind | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 possible | punct |
| 37 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 38 other | det |
| 38 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 possible | nsubj |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 possible | cop |
| 40 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 state | advcl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 writer | case |
| 42 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 writer | det |
| 43 | individual | individual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 writer | amod |
| 44 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 possible | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 adopted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adopt | present · perfect · passive | the mode | the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject parataxis | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | the other question | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | present | the other question | to many obvious objections; open property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | exist | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | is | present | no other | to a individual writer; possible 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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