Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 63

Here the poet, singing only of the events of the battle of Gabra, shows that he was well-acquainted with all the relations subsisting for a long time between the Fians and the Royal family.

Who acts: poet, relations · What happens: sing, show, acquaint, subsist, battle · To what, where: events, poet, Gabra · Speech: someone speaks here

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, relations), 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	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 shows	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 poet	det
3	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 singing	punct
5	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 poet	acl
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 events	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 events	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 events	det
9	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 singing	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 battle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 battle	det
12	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 events	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Gabra	case
14	Gabra	Gabra	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 battle	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
16	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 acquainted	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 acquainted	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 acquainted	aux:pass
20	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 acquainted	advmod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 well	punct
22	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 shows	ccomp
23	with	with	ADP	_	26 relations	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 relations	det:predet
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 relations	det
26	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 acquainted	obl
27	subsisting	subsist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 relations	acl
28	for	for	ADP	_	31 time	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 time	det
30	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 time	amod
31	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 subsisting	obl
32	between	between	ADP	_	34 Fians	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Fians	det
34	Fians	Fian	PROPN	Number=Plur	31 time	nmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 family	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 family	det
37	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 family	amod
38	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Fians	conj
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 shows	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	the poet not said here	the events of the battle of Gabra				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location event=Theme
2	show	present			here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	acquaint speech: other	past · passive		poet			with all relations; well property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	subsist	gerund	all relations not said here			time		vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
5	battle			Gabra				nom battle «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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 63