Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 65
Again, in the tale of the battle of Moy Leana, in which Conn of the Hundred Battles, the father of this same Art, is the principal character, the author of the tale mentions many times circumstances relating to his father, Felimy Rectmar, and his grandfather, Tuhall Tectmar.
Who acts: principal character, times circumstances, battle · What happens: be, mention, relate, tell, battle · To what, where: principal character, times circumstances, tale, Moy · 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 (principal character, times circumstances, battle), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 38 mentions | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Again | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tale | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tale | det |
| 5 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 mentions | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 battle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 battle | det |
| 8 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tale | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Moy | case |
| 10 | Moy | Moy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 battle | nmod |
| 11 | Leana | Leana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Moy | flat |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Conn | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 which | case |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 Conn | obl |
| 15 | Conn | Conn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 battle | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Battles | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Battles | det |
| 18 | Hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 Battles | nummod |
| 19 | Battles | Battle | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 Conn | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 father | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 father | det |
| 22 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Conn | appos |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Art | case |
| 24 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 Art | nsubj |
| 25 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 Art | amod |
| 26 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 father | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 character | punct |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 character | cop |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 character | det |
| 30 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 character | amod |
| 31 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 mentions | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 author | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 author | det |
| 34 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 character | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 tale | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tale | det |
| 37 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 author | nmod |
| 38 | mentions | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 39 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 times | amod |
| 40 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 circumstances | compound |
| 41 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 mentions | obj |
| 42 | relating | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 circumstances | acl |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 father | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 father | nmod:poss |
| 45 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 relating | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Felimy | punct |
| 47 | Felimy | Felimy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 father | appos |
| 48 | Rectmar | Rectmar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Felimy | flat |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 grandfather | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 grandfather | cc |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 52 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 mentions | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 Tuhall | punct |
| 54 | Tuhall | Tuhall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 grandfather | appos |
| 55 | Tectmar | Tectmar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Tuhall | flat |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 mentions | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal character and the author of the tale | the author of the tale conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | present | the principal character and the author of the tale | times circumstances | the tale of the battle of Moy | again | Art's grandfather obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic | |
| 3 | relate | gerund | times circumstances not said here | to Art's father | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to father=Co-Theme | ||||
| 4 | tell | the battle of Moy | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 5 | battle | Moy | 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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