Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 9

We would then have had merely to determine approximately the date of the introduction of letters, and allowing a margin on account of the bardic system and the commission of family and national history to the keeping of rhymed and alliterated verse, fix upon some reasonable point, and set down in order, the old successions of kings and the battles and other remarkable events.

Who acts: We · What happens: have, determine, allow, keep, rhyme, alliterate · To what, where: date, margin, account, order, letters, bardic system

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 (We), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 had	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	aux
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	merely	merely	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 determine	mark
8	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
9	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	11 date	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 date	det
11	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 determine	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 introduction	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 introduction	det
14	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 date	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 letters	case
16	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 introduction	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 fix	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 fix	cc
19	allowing	allow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 fix	advcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 margin	det
21	margin	margin	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 allowing	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 account	case
23	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 allowing	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 system	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 system	det
26	bardic	bardic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 system	amod
27	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 account	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 commission	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 commission	det
30	commission	commission	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 system	conj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 family	case
32	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 commission	nmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 history	cc
34	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 history	amod
35	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 system	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	43 verse	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 verse	det
38	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 verse	csubj
39	of	of	SCONJ	_	40 rhymed	mark
40	rhymed	rhyme	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 keeping	xcomp
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 alliterated	cc
42	alliterated	alliterate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 rhymed	conj
43	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 allowing	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 allowing	punct
45	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	conj
46	upon	upon	ADP	_	49 point	case
47	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	49 point	det
48	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 point	amod
49	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 fix	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 set	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 set	cc
52	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 fix	conj
53	down	down	ADP	_	52 set	compound:prt
54	in	in	ADP	_	55 order	case
55	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 set	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 successions	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 successions	det
58	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 successions	amod
59	successions	succession	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 order	appos
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 kings	case
61	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 successions	nmod
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 battles	cc
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 battles	det
64	battles	battle	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 kings	conj
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 events	cc
66	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 events	amod
67	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 events	amod
68	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 kings	conj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would · perfect	We			then	merely property	tree rules
2	determine	to-infinitive	We not said here	the date of the introduction of letters				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic
3	allow	gerund		a margin	account of the bardic system and the commission of family and national history		to the verse goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent margin=Theme to verse=Goal
4	keep	gerund						tree rules
5	rhyme	participle						vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	alliterate	participle						tree rules
7	fix	infinitive	We not said here				upon some reasonable point	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
8	set down	infinitive	We not said here		order			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination
9	introduce			letters				nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient
10	account			the bardic system and the commission of family and national history				nom account «communication 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 9