Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 32
Moreover, this same conservatism would have caused the tales concerning heroes to grow very slowly once they were actually formed.
What happens: cause, grow, form · To what, where: same conservatism, 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: 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 | Moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 8 caused | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Moreover | punct |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 conservatism | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conservatism | amod |
| 5 | conservatism | conservatism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 caused | aux |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 caused | aux |
| 8 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tales | det |
| 10 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 caused | obj |
| 11 | concerning | concerning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 heroes | amod |
| 12 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tales | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 grow | mark |
| 14 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 caused | advcl |
| 15 | very | very | ADV | _ | 16 slowly | advmod |
| 16 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 14 grow | advmod |
| 17 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 21 formed | mark |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 formed | nsubj |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 formed | aux:pass |
| 20 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 21 formed | advmod |
| 21 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 grow | advcl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | would · perfect · passive | this same conservatism | the tales and concerning heroes obj; moreover property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme tale=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | slowly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | form | past · passive | tales = tale | actually property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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