Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 53
If I can awake an interest in the career of even a single ancient Irish king, I shall establish a train of thoughts, which will advance easily from thence to the state of society in which he lived, and the kings and heroes who surrounded, preceded, or followed him.
Who acts: I, thoughts, way, kings · What happens: awake, establish, advance, live, surround, precede · To what, where: interest, career, train, society, kings, way
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 (I, thoughts, way, kings), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 awake | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 awake | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 awake | aux |
| 4 | awake | awake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 establish | advcl |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 interest | det |
| 6 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 awake | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 career | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 career | det |
| 9 | career | career | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 interest | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 king | case |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 king | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 king | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 king | amod |
| 14 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 king | amod |
| 15 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 king | amod |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 career | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 awake | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 establish | nsubj |
| 19 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 establish | aux |
| 20 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 train | det |
| 22 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 establish | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 thoughts | case |
| 24 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 train | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 advance | punct |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 advance | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 advance | aux |
| 28 | advance | advance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 thoughts | acl:relcl |
| 29 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 28 advance | advmod |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 thence | case |
| 31 | thence | thence | ADV | _ | 28 advance | advmod |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 state | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 state | det |
| 34 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 thence | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 society | case |
| 36 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 state | nmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 which | case |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 lived | obl |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 lived | nsubj |
| 40 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 society | acl:relcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 followed | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 followed | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 kings | det |
| 44 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 followed | nsubj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 heroes | cc |
| 46 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 kings | conj |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 surrounded | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 kings | acl:relcl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 preceded | punct |
| 50 | preceded | precede | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 surrounded | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 followed | punct |
| 52 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 53 followed | cc |
| 53 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 establish | parataxis |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 followed | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 establish | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awake a condition, not said to happen | can | I | a interest | the career of a single ancient Irish king | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location interest=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | shall | I | a train of thoughts | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Patient | ||||
| 3 | advance | future | thoughts | easily, thence property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | live | past | way | society | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | ||||
| 5 | surround | participle · passive | the kings and heroes | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||||
| 6 | precede | participle | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | follow | past | the kings and heroes | way | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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