Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 33
All the noteworthy events of the hero's life and his characteristics must have formed the original of the tales concerning him, which would have been composed during his life, or not long after his death.
Who acts: tales, Christianity · What happens: form, concern, compose, die · To what, where: noteworthy events, Christianity, 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 (tales, Christianity), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 events | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 events | det |
| 3 | noteworthy | noteworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 events | amod |
| 4 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 formed | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hero | det |
| 7 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 hero | case |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 events | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 characteristics | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 characteristics | nmod:poss |
| 12 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 events | conj |
| 13 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 formed | aux |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 formed | aux |
| 15 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 original | det |
| 17 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 formed | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 tales | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 tales | det |
| 20 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 original | nmod |
| 21 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 tales | acl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 concerning | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 composed | punct |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 composed | aux |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 composed | aux |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 composed | aux:pass |
| 28 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 tales | acl |
| 29 | during | during | ADP | _ | 31 life | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 life | nmod:poss |
| 31 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 composed | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 long | punct |
| 33 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 long | cc |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 long | advmod |
| 35 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 formed | advmod |
| 36 | after | after | ADP | _ | 38 death | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 death | nmod:poss |
| 38 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 long | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 formed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | must · perfect | all noteworthy events of the hero's life and Christianity's characteristics | the original of the tales obj; long property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location original=Theme | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the tales not said here | Christianity | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | compose | would · perfect · passive | the tales | during Christianity's life | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 4 | die | Christianity | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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