Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 71

Indeed, I must confess that the blaze of bardic light which illuminates those centuries at first so dazzled the eye and disturbed the judgment, that I saw only the literature, only the epic and dramatic interest, and did not see as I should the distinctly historical character of the age around which that literature revolves, wrongly deeming that a literature so noble, and dealing with events so remote, must have originated mainly or altogether in the imagination.

Who acts: I, bardic light, literature · What happens: confess, illuminate, dazzle, disturb, see, not see · To what, where: eye, judgment, age, blaze, imagination · 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, bardic light, literature), 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	Indeed	indeed	ADV	_	5 confess	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Indeed	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 confess	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 confess	aux
5	confess	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	78 originated	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 originated	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 light	case
10	bardic	bardic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 light	amod
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blaze	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 illuminates	nsubj
13	illuminates	illuminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 light	acl:relcl
14	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	15 centuries	det
15	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 illuminates	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 first	case
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 dazzled	obl
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 dazzled	advmod
19	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 illuminates	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 eye	det
21	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dazzled	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 disturbed	cc
23	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 dazzled	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 judgment	det
25	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 disturbed	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 saw	punct
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 saw	obj
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 saw	nsubj
29	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 judgment	acl:relcl
30	only	only	ADV	_	32 literature	advmod
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 literature	det
32	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 saw	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 interest	punct
34	only	only	ADV	_	39 interest	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 interest	det
36	epic	epic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 interest	amod
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 dramatic	cc
38	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 epic	conj
39	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 literature	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 see	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 see	cc
42	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 see	aux
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 see	advmod
44	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 disturbed	conj
45	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 character	mark
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 character	nsubj
47	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 character	aux
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 character	det
49	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	50 historical	advmod
50	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 character	amod
51	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 see	ccomp
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 age	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 age	det
54	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 character	nmod
55	around	around	ADP	_	56 which	case
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 revolves	obl
57	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 literature	det
58	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 revolves	nsubj
59	revolves	revolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 age	acl:relcl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 deeming	punct
61	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	62 deeming	advmod
62	deeming	deem	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 revolves	advcl
63	that	that	SCONJ	_	67 noble	mark
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 literature	det
65	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 noble	nsubj
66	so	so	ADV	_	67 noble	advmod
67	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 deeming	advcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 dealing	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 dealing	cc
70	dealing	deal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 disturbed	advcl
71	with	with	ADP	_	72 events	case
72	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 dealing	obl
73	so	so	ADV	_	74 remote	advmod
74	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 dealing	advcl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 blaze	punct
76	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 originated	aux
77	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	78 originated	aux
78	originated	originate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 confess	advcl
79	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	78 originated	advmod
80	or	or	CCONJ	_	81 altogether	cc
81	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	79 mainly	conj
82	in	in	ADP	_	84 imagination	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 imagination	det
84	imagination	imagination	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 originated	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 confess	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	must	I				indeed property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	illuminate	present	bardic light			century		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	dazzle	participle		the eye				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer
4	disturb	past		the judgment				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus judgment=Experiencer
5	see	past	I	the judgment			the literature and the epic interest obj	tree rules
6	not see	past · do-support						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	character	should	I			of the age		tree rules
8	revolve	present	that literature			around the age		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around which=Trajectory
9	deem	gerund	that literature not said here				wrongly property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
10	deal	gerund					with events	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with event=Theme
11	originate	must · perfect · passive		the blaze of bardic light	the imagination		mainly property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	blaze		bardic light					nom blaze «process 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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 71