Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 68

Now this being admitted, that the course of Irish history, as laid down by the chroniclers, was familiar to the authors of the tales and heroic ballads, one of two things must be admitted, either that the events and kings did succeed one another in the order mentioned by the chroniclers, or that what the chroniclers laid down was then taken as the theme of song by the bards, and illuminated and adorned according to their wont.

Who acts: events, chroniclers, bards · What happens: admit, lay down, be, succeed, mention, take · To what, where: this, authors, one, order

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 (events, chroniclers, bards), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 admitted	advmod
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 admitted	nsubj:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 admitted	aux:pass
4	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 course	punct
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 course	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 course	det
8	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admitted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 history	case
10	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 history	amod
11	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 course	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 laid	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 laid	mark
14	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 admitted	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 laid	compound:prt
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 chroniclers	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chroniclers	det
18	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 laid	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 familiar	punct
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 familiar	cop
21	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 admitted	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 authors	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 authors	det
24	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 admitted	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 tales	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 tales	det
27	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 authors	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 ballads	cc
29	heroic	heroic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 ballads	amod
30	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 tales	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 one	punct
32	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 tales	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 things	case
34	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 things	nummod
35	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 one	nmod
36	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 admitted	aux
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	38 admitted	aux:pass
38	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 familiar	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 succeed	punct
40	either	either	CCONJ	_	47 succeed	cc:preconj
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 succeed	mark
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 events	det
43	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 succeed	nsubj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 kings	cc
45	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 events	conj
46	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 succeed	aux
47	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 admitted	conj
48	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 succeed	obj
49	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	48 one	fixed
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 order	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 order	det
52	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 succeed	obl
53	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 order	acl
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 chroniclers	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 chroniclers	det
56	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 mentioned	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 what	punct
58	or	or	CCONJ	_	60 what	cc
59	that	that	SCONJ	_	60 what	mark
60	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 taken	obl
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 chroniclers	det
62	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 laid	nsubj
63	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 what	acl:relcl
64	down	down	ADP	_	63 laid	compound:prt
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 taken	aux:pass
66	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	67 taken	advmod
67	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 succeed	parataxis
68	as	as	ADP	_	70 theme	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 theme	det
70	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 taken	obl
71	of	of	ADP	_	72 song	case
72	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 theme	nmod
73	by	by	ADP	_	75 bards	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 bards	det
75	bards	bard	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 taken	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 illuminated	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 illuminated	cc
78	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 taken	conj
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 adorned	cc
80	adorned	adorn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 illuminated	conj
81	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	84 wont	case
82	to	to	ADP	_	81 according	fixed
83	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 wont	nmod:poss
84	wont	wont	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 adorned	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 admitted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund · passive		this			now	the course of Irish history obl	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lay down	participle						by the chroniclers	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by chronicler=Destination
3	is	past						familiar property	tree rules
4	admit speech: other	must · passive			the authors of the tales and heroic ballads				vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: to author=Recipient
5	succeed	past · do-support	the events and kings	one		the order			tree rules
6	mention speech: other	participle		the order not said here				by the chroniclers	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	lay down	past	the chroniclers						vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	take	past · passive	the bards				then	as the theme of song; what obl	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as theme=Attribute
9	illuminate	past	the bards not said here						vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	adorn	past	the bards not said here					accord events's wont	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
11	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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 68