Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 5

At one stage he observes that the books are at variance on a certain point, namely, that at which Cuculain, Conal the Victorious, and Laery Buada go to the lake of Uath in order to be judged by him.

Who acts: Bricrind, books, that · What happens: observe, be, go, judge · To what, where: one stage, variance, lake

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 (Bricrind, books, that), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 stage	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stage	nummod
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observes	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 observes	nsubj
5	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 variance	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 books	det
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 variance	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 variance	cop
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 variance	case
11	variance	variance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observes	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 point	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 point	det
14	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 point	amod
15	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 variance	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 namely	punct
17	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 point	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 go	punct
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 go	nsubj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 go	obl
22	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 go	nsubj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Conal	punct
24	Conal	Conal	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Cuculain	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Victorious	det
26	Victorious	Victorious	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Conal	appos
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Buada	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 Buada	cc
29	Laery	Laery	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Buada	compound
30	Buada	Buada	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Cuculain	conj
31	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 observes	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 lake	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 lake	det
34	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 go	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 Uath	case
36	Uath	Uath	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 lake	nmod
37	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	41 judged	mark
38	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 in	fixed
39	to	to	PART	_	41 judged	mark
40	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 judged	aux:pass
41	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 go	advcl
42	by	by	ADP	_	43 him	case
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 judged	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 observes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	observe	present	Bricrind	one stage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the books	variance	on a certain point	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	that	the lake of Uath	which obl; Cuculain and Conal and Laery Buada nsubj	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location
4	judge	to-infinitive · passive	Bricrind			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: 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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🌲 Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 5

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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 5