Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 76

That the Irish kings and heroes should succeed one another, surrounded by a blaze of bardic light, in which both themselves and all those who were contemporaneous with them are seen clearly and distinctly, was natural in a country where in each little realm or sub-kingdom the ard-ollav was equal in dignity to the king, which is proved by the equivalence of their cries.

Who acts: That, little realm, equivalence, bardic light, realm · What happens: succeed, surround, be, see, prove, blaze · To what, where: one, country, dignity, king

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 (That, little realm, equivalence, bardic light), 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	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 succeed	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kings	det
3	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kings	amod
4	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 succeed	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 heroes	cc
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kings	conj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 succeed	aux
8	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 succeed	obj
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 one	fixed
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 surrounded	punct
12	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 succeed	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 blaze	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 blaze	det
15	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 surrounded	obl:agent
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 light	case
17	bardic	bardic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 light	amod
18	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blaze	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 seen	punct
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 seen	obl
22	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	23 themselves	nsubj
23	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	21 which	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 those	cc
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 those	det:predet
26	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 themselves	conj
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 contemporaneous	nsubj
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 contemporaneous	cop
29	contemporaneous	contemporaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 those	acl:relcl
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 them	case
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 contemporaneous	obl
32	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 seen	aux:pass
33	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 succeed	parataxis
34	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	33 seen	advmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 distinctly	cc
36	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	34 clearly	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 natural	punct
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 natural	cop
39	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 seen	conj
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 country	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 country	det
42	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 natural	obl
43	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	55 equal	advmod
44	in	in	ADP	_	47 realm	case
45	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	47 realm	det
46	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 realm	amod
47	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 equal	nsubj
48	or	or	CCONJ	_	49 sub-kingdom	cc
49	sub-kingdom	sub-kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 realm	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 ollav	det
51	ard	ard	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 ollav	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 ard	punct
53	ollav	ollav	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 equal	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 equal	cop
55	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 country	amod
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 dignity	case
57	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 equal	obl
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 king	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 king	det
60	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 dignity	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 proved	punct
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 proved	nsubj:pass
63	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 proved	aux:pass
64	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 king	acl:relcl
65	by	by	ADP	_	67 equivalence	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 equivalence	det
67	equivalence	equivalence	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 proved	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 cries	case
69	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 cries	nmod:poss
70	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 equivalence	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 succeed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	succeed	should	That	one		the Irish kings and heroes nsubj	tree rules
2	surround	participle	That not said here			a blaze of bardic light obl:agent	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	is	past				with heroes = hero; who nsubj; contemporaneous property	tree rules
4	see	present · passive				which heroes obl; clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
5	is	past			a country	natural property	tree rules
6	is	past	each little realm or sub-kingdom		dignity to the king	the ard ollav nsubj; equal property	tree rules
7	prove	present · passive	the equivalence of realm's cries	the king			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
8	blaze		bardic light				nom blaze «process intransitive»: of=agent
9	cry		realm				nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 76