Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 50
It might enjoy the reputation of being well written, and as such receive an honourable place in half-a-dozen public libraries, but it would be otherwise left severely alone.
Who acts: work · What happens: enjoy, write, receive, leave · To what, where: reputation, honourable place, half dozen public libraries, work
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 (work), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 enjoy | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 enjoy | aux |
| 3 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reputation | det |
| 5 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enjoy | obj |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 written | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 written | aux:pass |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 written | advmod |
| 9 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 reputation | acl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 receive | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 receive | cc |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 such | case |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 14 receive | mark |
| 14 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 enjoy | conj |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 place | det |
| 16 | honourable | honourable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 place | amod |
| 17 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 receive | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 libraries | case |
| 19 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 25 libraries | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 libraries | punct |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 libraries | det |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 dozen | punct |
| 23 | dozen | dozen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 libraries | nummod |
| 24 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 libraries | amod |
| 25 | libraries | library | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 receive | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 left | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 left | cc |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 left | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 left | aux |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 left | aux:pass |
| 31 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 32 left | advmod |
| 32 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 enjoy | conj |
| 33 | severely | severely | ADV | _ | 32 left | advmod |
| 34 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 32 left | advmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 enjoy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | might | work | the reputation | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reputation=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | write | gerund · passive | the reputation not said here | well property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | receive | infinitive | work not said here | a honourable place | a half dozen public libraries | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Theme in library=Location | |||
| 4 | leave | would · passive | work | alone, otherwise, severely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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