Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 66
If I have done my task well, the reader will have been supplied, without any intensity of application on his part--a condition of the public mind upon which no historian of this country should count--with some knowledge of ancient Irish history, and with an interest in the subject which may lead him to peruse for himself that ancient literature, and to read works of a more strictly scientific nature upon the subject than those which I have yet written.
Who acts: I, historian, reader, my, scientific nature · What happens: do, supply, count, lead, peruse, read · To what, where: task, reader, ancient literature, works, public mind
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, historian, reader, 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 done | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 supplied | advcl |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 task | nmod:poss |
| 6 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 done | obj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 done | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 reader | det |
| 10 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 supplied | aux |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 supplied | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 supplied | aux:pass |
| 14 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 intensity | punct |
| 16 | without | without | ADP | _ | 18 intensity | case |
| 17 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 intensity | det |
| 18 | intensity | intensity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 supplied | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 application | case |
| 20 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 intensity | nmod |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 part | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 part | nmod:poss |
| 23 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 application | nmod |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 26 condition | punct |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 condition | det |
| 26 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 intensity | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 mind | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 mind | det |
| 29 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 mind | amod |
| 30 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 condition | nmod |
| 31 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 count | obl |
| 33 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 historian | det |
| 34 | historian | historian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 count | nsubj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 country | case |
| 36 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 country | det |
| 37 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 historian | nmod |
| 38 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 count | aux |
| 39 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 condition | parataxis |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 43 knowledge | punct |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 knowledge | case |
| 42 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 knowledge | det |
| 43 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 count | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 history | case |
| 45 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 history | amod |
| 46 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 history | amod |
| 47 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 knowledge | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 lead | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 lead | cc |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 interest | case |
| 51 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 interest | det |
| 52 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 lead | obl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 subject | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 subject | det |
| 55 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 interest | nmod |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 lead | nsubj |
| 57 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 lead | aux |
| 58 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 count | conj |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 lead | obj |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 peruse | mark |
| 61 | peruse | peruse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 lead | xcomp |
| 62 | for | for | ADP | _ | 63 himself | case |
| 63 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 61 peruse | obl |
| 64 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 66 literature | det |
| 65 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 literature | amod |
| 66 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 peruse | obj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 read | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 read | cc |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 read | mark |
| 70 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 count | parataxis |
| 71 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 read | obj |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 nature | case |
| 73 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 77 nature | det |
| 74 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 75 strictly | advmod |
| 75 | strictly | strictly | ADV | _ | 76 scientific | advmod |
| 76 | scientific | scientific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 nature | amod |
| 77 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 works | nmod |
| 78 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 80 subject | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 subject | det |
| 80 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 read | obl |
| 81 | than | than | ADP | _ | 82 those | case |
| 82 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 80 subject | nmod |
| 83 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 87 written | obj |
| 84 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 87 written | nsubj |
| 85 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 87 written | aux |
| 86 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 87 written | advmod |
| 87 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 82 those | acl:relcl |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 supplied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do a condition, not said to happen | present · perfect | I | my task | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | supply | future · perfect · passive | the reader | any intensity of application on reader's part a condition of the public mind conj | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | count | should | no historian of this country | upon a condition of the public mind; with some knowledge of ancient Irish history | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | lead | may | reader | with a interest in the subject; which nsubj | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 5 | peruse | to-infinitive | reader not said here | that ancient literature | for reader | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent literature=Theme for himself=Attribute | |||
| 6 | read | to-infinitive | works of a scientific nature | upon the subject than those | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | ||||
| 7 | write | present · perfect | I | yet | which obj | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | |||
| 8 | task | my | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | condition | the public mind | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | work | a scientific nature | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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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