Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 8
These considerations would, therefore, render it extremely probable that the tales of the Ultonian period, with which the Leabhar na Huidhre is principally concerned, were committed to writing at a very early period.
Who acts: considerations, Leabhar na Huidhre, Ultonian period · What happens: render, be, commit, tell · To what, where: author, tales, early period · 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 (considerations, Leabhar na Huidhre, Ultonian period), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 considerations | det |
| 2 | considerations | consideration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 render | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 render | aux |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 would | punct |
| 5 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 7 render | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 therefore | punct |
| 7 | render | render | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 render | obj |
| 9 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 10 probable | advmod |
| 10 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 render | xcomp |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 committed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tales | det |
| 13 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 committed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 period | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 period | det |
| 16 | Ultonian | Ultonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 period | compound |
| 17 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tales | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 concerned | punct |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 concerned | obl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Huidhre | det |
| 22 | Leabhar | Leabhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Huidhre | compound |
| 23 | na | na | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Huidhre | compound |
| 24 | Huidhre | Huidhre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 concerned | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 concerned | cop |
| 26 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 27 concerned | advmod |
| 27 | concerned | concerned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tales | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tales | punct |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 committed | aux:pass |
| 30 | committed | commit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 probable | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 writing | case |
| 32 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 committed | obl |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 period | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 period | det |
| 35 | very | very | ADV | _ | 36 early | advmod |
| 36 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 period | amod |
| 37 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 committed | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 render | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | render | would | this considerations | author | probable, therefore property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | the Leabhar na Huidhre | with the tales of the Ultonian period; concerned, principally property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | commit | past · passive | the tales of the Ultonian period | a early period | to writing | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to writing=Destination | |||
| 4 | tell | the Ultonian period | nom tale «communication 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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