Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 16
The general current of mediaeval opinion attributes the collection of tales and ballads now known as the Tan-Bo-Cooalney to St. Ciaran, the great founder of the monastery of Clonmacnoise.
Who acts: general current · What happens: attribute, know · To what, where: collection, tales
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 (general current), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 current | det |
| 2 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 current | amod |
| 3 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 opinion | case |
| 5 | mediaeval | mediaeval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 opinion | compound |
| 6 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 current | nmod |
| 7 | attributes | attribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 collection | det |
| 9 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 tales | case |
| 11 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 collection | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ballads | cc |
| 13 | ballads | ballad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 tales | conj |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 known | advmod |
| 15 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 tales | acl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 Cooalney | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Cooalney | det |
| 18 | Tan | Tan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Cooalney | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 Tan | punct |
| 20 | Bo | Bo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Cooalney | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 Cooalney | punct |
| 22 | Cooalney | Cooalney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 known | obl |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 St. | case |
| 24 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Cooalney | nmod |
| 25 | Ciaran | Ciaran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Cooalney | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 founder | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 founder | det |
| 28 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 founder | amod |
| 29 | founder | founder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Cooalney | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 monastery | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 monastery | det |
| 32 | monastery | monastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 founder | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Clonmacnoise | case |
| 34 | Clonmacnoise | clonmacnoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 monastery | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 attributes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | present | the general current of mediaeval opinion | the collection of tales and ballads | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | tales and ballads not said here | now | as the Tan Bo Cooalney to St. | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as cooalney=Attribute |
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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