Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 56
AEval, of Carriglea, the fairy queen of Munster, is one of the most important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf, the character of which, and of the events that preceded and followed its occurrence, and the chieftains and warriors who fought on one side and the other, are identical, whether described by the bard singing, or by the monkish chronicler jotting down in plain prose the fasti for the year.
Who acts: AEval, events, chieftains, monkish chronicler · What happens: be, proceed, follow, fight, describe, jot down · To what, where: one, occurrence, one side, plain prose, Clontarf
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 (AEval, events, chieftains, monkish chronicler), 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 | AEval | AEval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 one | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Carriglea | punct |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Carriglea | case |
| 4 | Carriglea | Carriglea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 AEval | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 queen | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 queen | det |
| 7 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 queen | amod |
| 8 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Carriglea | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Munster | case |
| 10 | Munster | Munster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 queen | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 AEval | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 one | cop |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 characters | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 characters | det |
| 16 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 17 important | advmod |
| 17 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 characters | amod |
| 18 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 one | nmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 history | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 history | det |
| 21 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 characters | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 battle | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 battle | det |
| 24 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 history | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Clontarf | case |
| 26 | Clontarf | Clontarf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 battle | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 character | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 character | det |
| 29 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Clontarf | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 which | case |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 character | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 events | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 events | cc |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 events | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 events | det |
| 36 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 one | nmod |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 preceded | nsubj |
| 38 | preceded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 events | acl:relcl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 followed | cc |
| 40 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 preceded | conj |
| 41 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 occurrence | nmod:poss |
| 42 | occurrence | occurrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 followed | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 identical | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 identical | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 chieftains | det |
| 46 | chieftains | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 identical | nsubj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 warriors | cc |
| 48 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 chieftains | conj |
| 49 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 fought | nsubj |
| 50 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 chieftains | acl:relcl |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 side | case |
| 52 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 side | nummod |
| 53 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fought | obl |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 other | cc |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 other | det |
| 56 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 fought | conj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 chieftains | punct |
| 58 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 identical | cop |
| 59 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | parataxis |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 described | punct |
| 61 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 62 described | mark |
| 62 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 59 identical | advcl |
| 63 | by | by | ADP | _ | 66 singing | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 singing | det |
| 65 | bard | bard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 singing | compound |
| 66 | singing | singing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 described | obl |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 chronicler | punct |
| 68 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 72 chronicler | cc |
| 69 | by | by | ADP | _ | 72 chronicler | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 chronicler | det |
| 71 | monkish | monkish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 chronicler | amod |
| 72 | chronicler | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 singing | appos |
| 73 | jotting | jot | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 72 chronicler | acl |
| 74 | down | down | ADV | _ | 73 jotting | advmod |
| 75 | in | in | ADP | _ | 77 prose | case |
| 76 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 prose | amod |
| 77 | prose | prose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 jotting | obl |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 fasti | det |
| 79 | fasti | fasti | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 prose | conj |
| 80 | for | for | ADP | _ | 82 year | case |
| 81 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 82 year | det |
| 82 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 fasti | nmod |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | AEval and Carriglea | one | of the important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf; of the events | tree rules | |||
| 2 | proceed | past | the events | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | follow | past | the events not said here | battle's occurrence | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occurrence=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fight | past | the chieftains and warriors | one side | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is | present | the chieftains and warriors | identical property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | describe | participle | the chieftains and warriors not said here | by the bard singing | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | jot down | gerund | the monkish chronicler not said here | plain prose and the fasti for the year | down property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in prose=Destination | |||
| 8 | battle | Clontarf | nom battle «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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