Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 72
All the borders of the epic representation at which, in the first volume, I have aimed, seem to melt, and wander away vaguely on every side into space and time.
Who acts: borders · What happens: aim, seem, melt, wander away · To what, where: epic representation, first volume, side
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 (borders), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 borders | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 borders | det |
| 3 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 seem | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 representation | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 representation | det |
| 6 | epic | epic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 representation | amod |
| 7 | representation | representation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borders | nmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 aimed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 which | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 volume | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 volume | det |
| 13 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 volume | amod |
| 14 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 aimed | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 volume | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 aimed | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 aimed | aux |
| 18 | aimed | aim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 representation | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 borders | punct |
| 20 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 melt | mark |
| 22 | melt | melt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 seem | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 wander | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 wander | cc |
| 25 | wander | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 seem | conj |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 wander | advmod |
| 27 | vaguely | vaguely | ADV | _ | 25 wander | advmod |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 side | case |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 side | det |
| 30 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wander | obl |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 32 space | case |
| 32 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wander | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 time | cc |
| 34 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 space | conj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 seem | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | present · perfect · passive | the epic representation | the first volume | I nsubj | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | seem | present | all borders of the epic representation | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | melt | to-infinitive | all borders of the epic representation not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | wander away | present | all borders of the epic representation not said here | every side | into space and time; away, vaguely property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into space=Destination |
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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