Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 31

From this conservatism and careful following of authority, and the _littera scripta_, or word once spoken, I conclude that the distance in time between the prose tale and the metrical originals was very great, and, unless under such exceptional circumstances as the revolution caused by the introduction of Christianity, could not have been brought about within hundreds of years.

Who acts: I, distance · What happens: follow, speak, conclude, be, cause, not bring about · To what, where: word, revolution, conservatism, Christianity · 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 (I, distance), 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	From	from	ADP	_	3 conservatism	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 conservatism	det
3	conservatism	conservatism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 careful	cc
5	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conservatism	conj
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 careful	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 authority	case
8	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 following	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 scripta	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 scripta	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 scripta	det
12	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 scripta	punct
13	littera	littera	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scripta	compound
14	scripta	scripta	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conservatism	conj
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 word	punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 word	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 word	cc
18	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scripta	appos
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	20 spoken	advmod
20	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 word	acl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 conclude	punct
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 conclude	nsubj
23	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 word	parataxis
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 great	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 distance	det
26	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 great	nsubj
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 time	case
28	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 distance	nmod
29	between	between	ADP	_	32 tale	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 tale	det
31	prose	prose	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 tale	compound
32	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 time	nmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 originals	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 originals	det
35	metrical	metrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 originals	amod
36	originals	original	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 tale	conj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 great	cop
38	very	very	ADV	_	39 great	advmod
39	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 conclude	ccomp
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 brought	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 brought	cc
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 and	punct
43	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	47 circumstances	case
44	under	under	ADP	_	47 circumstances	case
45	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 circumstances	amod
46	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 circumstances	amod
47	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 brought	obl
48	as	as	ADP	_	50 revolution	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 revolution	det
50	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 circumstances	nmod
51	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 revolution	acl
52	by	by	ADP	_	54 introduction	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 introduction	det
54	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 caused	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 Christianity	case
56	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 introduction	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 circumstances	punct
58	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 brought	aux
59	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	62 brought	advmod
60	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	62 brought	aux
61	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 brought	aux:pass
62	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 conclude	conj
63	about	about	ADV	_	62 brought	advmod
64	within	within	ADP	_	65 hundreds	case
65	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 brought	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 years	case
67	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 hundreds	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 conservatism	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			of authority	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent of authority=Trajectory
2	speak speech: other	participle		word not said here	once property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	conclude	present	I			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is	past	the distance in time between the prose tale and the metrical originals		great property	tree rules
5	cause	participle		the revolution not said here	by the introduction of Christianity	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
6	not bring about	could · perfect · passive	I not said here		unless such exceptional circumstances as the revolution; within hundreds of years; about property	vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»
8	introduce			Christianity		nom introduction «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 31