Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 60
I would ask the reader, who may be inclined to think that the principal character is too chivalrous and refined for the age, to peruse for himself the tale named the "Great Breach of Murthemney."
Who acts: I, principal character · What happens: ask, incline, think, be, refine, peruse · To what, where: reader, tale · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (I, principal character), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ask | aux |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reader | det |
| 5 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 inclined | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 inclined | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 inclined | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 inclined | aux:pass |
| 10 | inclined | incline | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 reader | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 think | mark |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 inclined | xcomp |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 chivalrous | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 character | det |
| 15 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 character | amod |
| 16 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 chivalrous | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 chivalrous | cop |
| 18 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 chivalrous | advmod |
| 19 | chivalrous | chivalrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 think | ccomp |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 refined | cc |
| 21 | refined | refine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 chivalrous | conj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 age | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 age | det |
| 24 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 refined | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 peruse | punct |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 peruse | mark |
| 27 | peruse | peruse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 think | conj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 himself | case |
| 29 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 27 peruse | obl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 tale | det |
| 31 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 peruse | obj |
| 32 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 tale | acl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Breach | det |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 Breach | punct |
| 35 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Breach | amod |
| 36 | Breach | Breach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 named | xcomp |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Murthemney | case |
| 38 | Murthemney | Murthemney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Breach | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ask | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ask | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | would | I | the reader | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reader=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | incline | may · passive | the reader | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | present | the principal character | chivalrous property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | refine | participle | the principal character not said here | for the age | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | peruse | to-infinitive | the tale | for reader | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tale=Theme for himself=Attribute | ||||
| 7 | name | participle | the tale not said here | the Great Breach of Murthemney xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: 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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