Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 64
Of the nature of the work in which all should be introduced I have already given my opinion.
Who acts: I, my · What happens: introduce, give, opine · To what, where: all, work, opinion
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, my), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 3 nature | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nature | det |
| 3 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 work | det |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nature | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 introduced | obl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 introduced | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 introduced | aux:pass |
| 12 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 work | acl:relcl |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 given | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 given | aux |
| 15 | already | already | ADV | _ | 16 given | advmod |
| 16 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 introduced | ccomp |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 opinion | nmod:poss |
| 18 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 given | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 nature | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | should · passive | all | the work | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | present · perfect | I | my opinion | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme | ||||
| 4 | opine | my | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: 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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