Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 38
And yet the last transcription or recension of the majority of the tales was effected in Christian times, and in an age characterised by considerable classical attainments--a time when the imagination might have been expected to shake itself loose from old restraints, and freely invent.
Who acts: imagination · What happens: affect, characteris, expect, shake, invent · To what, where: last transcription, age, imagination, old restraints
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 (imagination), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 effected | cc |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 transcription | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 transcription | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 transcription | amod |
| 5 | transcription | transcription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 effected | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 recension | cc |
| 7 | recension | recension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 transcription | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 majority | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 majority | det |
| 10 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recension | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 tales | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tales | det |
| 13 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 majority | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 effected | aux:pass |
| 15 | effected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 times | case |
| 17 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 times | amod |
| 18 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 effected | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 characterised | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 characterised | cc |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 age | case |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 age | det |
| 23 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 characterised | obl |
| 24 | characterised | characteris | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 effected | conj |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 attainments | case |
| 26 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 attainments | amod |
| 27 | classical | classical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 attainments | amod |
| 28 | attainments | attainment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 characterised | obl |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 time | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 time | det |
| 31 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 attainments | conj |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 expected | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 imagination | det |
| 34 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 expected | aux |
| 36 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 expected | aux |
| 37 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 expected | aux:pass |
| 38 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 characterised | advcl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 shake | mark |
| 40 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 expected | xcomp |
| 41 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 shake | obj |
| 42 | loose | loose | ADV | _ | 40 shake | advmod |
| 43 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 restraints | case |
| 44 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 restraints | amod |
| 45 | restraints | restraint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 shake | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 invent | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 invent | cc |
| 48 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 49 invent | advmod |
| 49 | invent | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 characterised | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 effected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect | past · passive | the last transcription or recension of the majority of the tales | time | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | characteris | participle | in a age | by considerable classical attainments and a time | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | expect | might · perfect · passive | the imagination | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | shake not said to happen | to-infinitive | the imagination not said here | imagination | old restraints | loose property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent itself=Theme from restraint=Trajectory | ||
| 5 | invent | present | freely property | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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