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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 13

Again, with the advent of Christianity, and the hold which the new faith took upon the finest and boldest minds in the country, it is plain that the golden age of bardic composition ended.

Who acts: hold, faith, golden age · What happens: take, be, end · To what, where: country

This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hold, faith, golden age), 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

advmodpunctcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccdetapposnsubjdetamodnsubjacl:relclcasedetamodccconjoblcasedetoblpunctnsubjcopmarkdetamodnsubjcaseamodnmodadvclpunctrootAgainADV,PUNCTwithADPtheDETadventNOUNofADPChristianityPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETholdNOUNwhichPRONtheDETnewADJfaithNOUNtookVERBuponADPtheDETfinestADJandCCONJboldestADJmindsNOUNinADPtheDETcountryNOUN,PUNCTitPRONisAUXplainADJthatSCONJtheDETgoldenADJageNOUNofADPbardicADJcompositionNOUNendedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AgainagainADV_29 plainadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Againpunct
3withwithADP_5 adventcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 adventdet
5adventadventNOUNNumber=Sing29 plainobl
6ofofADP_7 Christianitycase
7ChristianityChristianityPROPNNumber=Sing5 adventnmod
8,,PUNCT_11 holdpunct
9andandCCONJ_11 holdcc
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 holddet
11holdholdNOUNNumber=Sing5 adventappos
12whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 tooknsubj
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 faithdet
14newnewADJDegree=Pos15 faithamod
15faithfaithNOUNNumber=Sing16 tooknsubj
16tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 holdacl:relcl
17uponuponADP_22 mindscase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 mindsdet
19finestfineADJDegree=Sup22 mindsamod
20andandCCONJ_21 boldestcc
21boldestboldADJDegree=Sup19 finestconj
22mindsmindNOUNNumber=Plur16 tookobl
23ininADP_25 countrycase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 countrydet
25countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing16 tookobl
26,,PUNCT_5 adventpunct
27ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 plainnsubj
28isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 plaincop
29plainplainADJDegree=Posrootroot
30thatthatSCONJ_37 endedmark
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 agedet
32goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos33 ageamod
33ageageNOUNNumber=Sing37 endednsubj
34ofofADP_36 compositioncase
35bardicbardicADJDegree=Pos36 compositionamod
36compositioncompositionNOUNNumber=Sing33 agenmod
37endedendVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 plainadvcl
38..PUNCT_29 plainpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastthe holdthe countryupon the finest minds; the new faith nsubjvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in country=Location
2ispresentfaithagainwith the advent of Christianity; plain propertytree rules
3endpastthe golden age of bardic compositionvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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