Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 77
It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the same consonance between them and the actual course of events which subsisted during the period which lies in clear light, marked also that other preceding period of which the light is no longer dry.
Who acts: It, same consonance, period, light · What happens: be, suppose, subsist, lie, mark, precede · To what, where: clear light · 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 (It, same consonance, period, light), 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 | 6 reasonable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reasonable | cop |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 reasonable | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 6 reasonable | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 reasonable | punct |
| 6 | reasonable | reasonable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 suppose | mark |
| 8 | suppose | suppose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reasonable | csubj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 subsisted | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 consonance | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 consonance | amod |
| 12 | consonance | consonance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 subsisted | nsubj |
| 13 | between | between | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 consonance | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 course | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 course | det |
| 17 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 course | amod |
| 18 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 consonance | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 events | case |
| 20 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 course | nmod |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 subsisted | nsubj |
| 22 | subsisted | subsist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 suppose | ccomp |
| 23 | during | during | ADP | _ | 25 period | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 period | det |
| 25 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 subsisted | obl |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 lies | nsubj |
| 27 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 period | acl:relcl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 light | case |
| 29 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 light | amod |
| 30 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 lies | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 marked | punct |
| 32 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 light | acl |
| 33 | also | also | ADV | _ | 45 dry | advmod |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 dry | mark |
| 35 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 period | amod |
| 36 | preceding | precede | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 period | amod |
| 37 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 dry | obl:unmarked |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 which | case |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 dry | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 light | det |
| 41 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 dry | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 dry | cop |
| 43 | no | no | ADV | _ | 44 longer | advmod |
| 44 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 45 dry | advmod |
| 45 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 marked | advcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 reasonable | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | reasonable, therefore property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | suppose | to-infinitive | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | subsist | past | the same consonance between events and the actual course of events | during the period | which nsubj | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | lie | present | the period | clear light | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in light=Location | ||||
| 5 | mark | participle | clear light not said here | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | precede | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | is | present | the light | other preceding period obl:unmarked; which obl; dry, long property | tree rules |
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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