Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 28

In the perusal of the Irish literature, we see that the strength of this conservative instinct has been of the greatest service in the preservation of the early monuments in their purity.

Who acts: we, strength · What happens: see, be, peruse, preserve · To what, where: perusal, preservation, Irish literature, early monuments · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (we, strength), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 perusal	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 perusal	det
3	perusal	perusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 literature	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 literature	det
6	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 literature	amod
7	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perusal	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 perusal	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
10	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 service	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 strength	det
13	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 service	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 instinct	case
15	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 instinct	nsubj
16	conservative	conservative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 instinct	amod
17	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 strength	nmod
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 service	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 service	cop
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 service	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 service	det
22	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 service	amod
23	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	ccomp
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 preservation	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 preservation	det
26	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 service	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 monuments	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 monuments	det
29	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 monuments	amod
30	monuments	monument	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 preservation	nmod
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 purity	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 purity	nmod:poss
33	purity	purity	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 monuments	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	we		the perusal of the Irish literature		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present · perfect	the strength of conservative instinct this		the preservation of the early monuments in monuments's purity	of the greatest service	tree rules
3	peruse			the Irish literature			nom perusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	preserve			the early monuments in monuments's purity			nom preservation «act 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 3, sentence 28